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Any reason you don't pop a daily calcium and vitamin D supplement?
by zzalpha 10y ago
Any reason you don't pop a daily calcium and vitamin D supplement?
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoCalcium supplements are distinctly distasteful to me, and that makes it hard to make a habit of taking it. :) The tablets generally taste like chalk. (Extremely literally.) And even the adult gummy variety are far worse than their multivitamin counterparts. It's really hard to make chalk taste good.
- dpark 10y agoI'd think continual dental issues would be a pretty good motivator. Getting dental work sucks. But if you're having continual issues, cutting down sugar and/or brushing more frequently during the day would probably have more impact. There are also chocolate and caramel chews with calcium. They aren't great either but they're alright.
- ars 10y agoCan you get one you swallow without chewing? You'll probably have to take about 4 of them, but that might be easier for you.
- svachalek 10y agoChalk is calcium carbonate, and so are many calcium supplements. So, no surprise on the chalky taste. I'd say it actually goes best with milk, I guess because it tastes "natural". A lot of milk substitutes are palatable and have calcium added, or likewise it's possible to buy milk with the lactose removed.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoSo get the calcium pills you swallow instead of chew? Also, there's plenty of non dairy sources of calcium.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI've gotten four downvotes so far for admitting I have poor health habits! I honestly can't think of anything more Californian than that. Thanks, Silicon Valley!
- astrodust 10y agoIt's not for admitting it, it's for your apparent utter indifference to doing even the slightest thing to fix it. Seriously, life-hack your way out of this. "Yeah, I know smoking is bad," he said while taking a drag on a cigarette. "But what would I do with all that free time and extra years of life?"