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"It's possible that we've reversed the causal association for all these years." This is intriguing, because a similarly reversed causality was prevalent in the

"It's possible that we've reversed the causal association for all these years." This is intriguing, because a similarly reversed causality was prevalent in the diagnosis and management of kidney stones for many years. Perhaps this is TMI, but as a chronic kidney stone sufferer, I was told initially that I get too much calcium in my diet -- which builds up to cause the stones. Eventually, the doctors came around to the idea that I was actually secreting too much calcium into my bloodstream, and that secretion and consumption are not the same thing. In fact, I am losing more calcium than I consume, and I am losing much more than I should. Basically, I am deficient in calcium, even though my serum calcium levels are through the roof. (This phenomenon has underlying causes above and beyond the kidney disease; in fact, the kidney disease is most likely a secondary effect).

Mz 15y ago
There's probably some things you can do about that in terms of dietary changes and supplementing other minerals/nutrients to help your body better deal with calcium. As a guess, you are probably also too acid (the body dumps calcium from the bones to mediate the blood PH, so what you describe can be due to high acidity). I have a condition which is essentially a salt-wasting condition and I found that getting enough salt wasn't enough. I had to get enough salt along with certain other things to properly absorb it. That approach reversed a lot of my symptoms (which are supposed to be irreversible). I've also worked a lot on kidney health. But don't have time to elaborate at the moment as I have to get ready for work.