Hello!!

I am a major NEWBIE and this is my first post! I hope it is in the right place!

This is for MrsD or any of you vitamin/mineral experts out there...

All this chat about Calcium intake is music to my ears (or should it be ...bones?).

My big conundrum is how best to get enough Calcium in my diet via supplements. I have Parkinson's disease X 5 years and my meds lose the battle with any food high in protein, especially dairy. Very sensitive to it. I had always been a big fan of milk, yoghurt and cheese up till then. My Sinemet is presently 2.5 to 3 hours apart, so with doses so close it is difficult to have an empty enough gut for good absorption.

So, on to supplements! I presently take a daily total of 1200 mg of elemental Calcium (huge horse pills) and a total daily 100 mg of magnesim and trace minerals added, a well as 2000 I.U. of Vit. D all swigged back with a glass of orange juice. I also take fish oils and a Vit.B complex later.

Is this enough Calcium? I am 51, still premenopausal. But every time I swallow one of those monster pills I wonder if the thing has enough surface area to get fully absorbed. As well, I read so much conflicting info about not taking it with this or you must take it with that...

A bone density scan a couple of years ago was okay, but that was before the protein problem.

Suggestions and solutions much appreciated!

Skelly