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I'm going to show you a really simple home test that you can do to determine if you have a calcium deficiency.

Now, calcium deficiencies are pretty common, but usually not because the person is not taking a supplement or not getting it from their diet.

It's mainly because either they're not absorbing it or the body is not utilizing it properly.

So in this video, we're going to talk about the symptoms of the calcium deficiency and all of the other reasons why you might be deficient and then a real simple home test that you can do.

Okay, so what are the symptoms? Well, number one, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, muscle tension,

spasms or cramps, low back pain, constipation, high blood pressure, heart palpitations, frequent nosebleeds could be a calcium

deficiency, soft fingernails could be another indicator, frequent cold sores, sunburns when you barely

go out in the sun, then we have hives. Having frequent fevers could be related to a calcium deficiency because calcium

lowers your immune system. I remember with our kids, every time they had a fever, I give them a little

calcium and it would go right away. Frequent hoarseness, chronic coughing, and difficulty getting to sleep.

So calcium is a mineral that we need for our muscles, our bones,

our tendons, our ligaments, and the nervous system. Calcium also acts as a communication between

your nerves, and there's many things that affect the calcium absorption. Okay. First thing is

vitamin D. If you don't have enough vitamin D, you're not going to absorb

calcium that well. If you have sufficient vitamin D, you can increase the absorption of calcium

by a factor of 20x. Okay. That is a major increase in calcium absorption. And of course,

so many people are deficient vitamin D. Now, magnesium, if you're low in magnesium,

you're going to have a difficult time absorbing calcium because magnesium and calcium work together.

Another factor is the hydrochloric acid in your stomach. If you don't have enough hydrochloric

acid, like a lot of people over the age of 40 and 50 and 60, because as you age, you have less and less

hydrochloric acid in your stomach, and you need acid to be able to absorb certain minerals,

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