Flor-Antacid - 60 Tabs

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FLOR-ANTACID FROM FLORA

Flor-antacid is a chewable antacid from Flora with a pleasant peppermint flavour. Used for the relief of occasional heartburn and upset stomach associated with acid indigestion and excess stomach acid. As a mineral supplement: Helps in the development and maintenance of bones and teeth. 60 TABLET, LARGER MONEY SAVING SIZE BOTTLE! [CHEWABLE TABLET]

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Each tablet contains:
263 mg
Calcium Carbonate (dolomite) (Provides 105 mg of elemental calcium)
183 mg
Magnesium Carbonate (dolomite)
Other Ingredients:
Sorbitol, apple pectin, acacia, magnesium stearate (natural plant source), silicon dioxide, peppermint oil.

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60 Tabs

Dosage

ADULTS:As an antacid: chew 1-2 tablets as needed after meals, up to a maximum 8 tablets daily. As a mineral supplement: chew 1-2 tablets daily.CHILDREN AGE 9 AND OVER:As a mineral supplement: chew 1 tablet daily. Store in a cool, dry place.

Important Information

Free of all common allergens, including: wheat, dairy, eggs, corn, soy, and yeast.

Highlights
  • Heartburn relief.
  • Upset Stomach.
  • Indigestion.
  • Bone Health.
  • Easy to take!
  • Peppermint flavour.

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Manufacturer Info

Flora; makers of high quality natural health supplements. Flora is a German company that uses quality ingredients, testing and efficacy. Top products include skin supporting supplement, Florasil, Cognitive support Flax O Mega and Omega Sport, Elderberry Crystals and Apple Cider Vinegar Wellness Drinks for immune health plus many more! If you’re looking for the best quality and potency in natural health, Flora’s got you covered.

Flor-Antacid
Flor-antacid is a chewable antacid from Flora with a pleasant peppermint flavour. Used for the relief of occasional heartburn and upset stomach associated with acid indigestion and excess stomach acid.

Calcium and Magnesium
A high calcium and magnesium diet is considered by medical researchers to be extremely beneficial for preventing heart disease, osteoporosis, stroke, hypertension and many other serious diseases. Even so, a recent survey by the American Dietetic Association found that about half or fewer of a randomly sampled North American population met the guidelines for calcium intake, and other studies have shown below RDA intakes for calcium and magnesium. This type of undernourishment is considered by the American College of Nutrition to be responsible for at least 30% of national health cost expenditures, according to one study done in 1990.

It may seem strange to some people that a society that is so centered on dairy products and meat can still be replete with calcium deficiency diseases, but it has been well documented by science that calcium from vegetable sources is much better absorbed by the body. In fact, animal protein tends to acidify the body and cause calcium to leach from the bones, which then results in increased excretion of calcium in the urine. Eating animal protein actually increases urine levels of calcium, oxalate and uric acid and, over time, this can encourage kidney stone formation as well. Our Stone Age ancestors ate approximately 2,000 to 3,000 milligrams of calcium daily, mostly from edible wild plants. That's five times more than today's average of a mere 500 milligrams for women aged thirty-five to seventy-four (based on a large-scale government study). This explains why North Americans, who consume copious amounts of animal products, including dairy, suffer from some of the highest rates of osteoporosis in the world. Many cultures that have a more vegetarian type of diet do not suffer from osteoporosis, even though they have far lower intakes of calcium overall (from roots and vegetables). For example, there is one African tribe that has a notoriously low dietary calcium intake overall, but the people routinely grow to a ripe old age with strong backs and a good upright posture because they are mostly vegetarian. Calcium from animal products is suffused with protein, which breaks down into amino acids and acidifies the body. Because blood must remain at a constant pH and calcium level, the body secretes parathyroid hormone that takes calcium from the bones to replenish the blood. So although calcium intake is higher with animal products, excretion is also higher.

Calcium and magnesium together play an important role in controlling hypertension. The British Medical Journal recently published a scientific review of the effects of a low calcium and magnesium diet as a contributing factor in many common diseases including heart disease, and stroke. They conclude that a diet high in meat products, full cream, milk, fats, sugars, preserves, potatoes and cereals but low in vegetables, fruit and whole wheat bread is low in essential nutrients especially calcium and magnesium. They also note that there is scope for enormous health gain if this type of low-nutrient diet can be rectified.

Most people understand how important calcium is for the strength of bones and teeth and the health of skin, but few realize that it's function in the body often depends on adequate levels of magnesium. Magnesium (Mg) is an essential element which catalyses more than 300 enzymatic reactions, in particular those involving the fundamental energy molecule of the body, ATP. About half of the total magnesium in the body is found intra-cellularly in soft tissues, and the other half is in bone. Blood levels of magnesium represent only 1% of the body's total magnesium store. Despite the importance of magnesium to myriad bodily functions, hypomagnesemia is surprisingly common in hospital populations and in the general public and often remains undetected and overlooked. Magnesium deficiency may result in a condition known as hypocalcaemia (low calcium). In heart tissue, magnesium depletion can lead to an influx of sodium and calcium cations into the mitochondria (where energy for a cell is produced) and this may lead to myocardial cell death. Researchers concluded that a low magnesium concentration in the diet might be a factor in a wide variety of clinical conditions.

It has also been well documented by science that liquid forms of these essential minerals are far more bioavailable than solid forms from crushed up rocks, which our bodies were not designed to digest. The Physicians Desk Reference illustrates this point nicely with a chart showing that only 10-20% of a pill form of a particular vitamin and mineral supplement is absorbed compared to 98% absorption from a liquid form. Liquid supplements are definitely easier on the digestive tract as well. Even dissolving multivitamin and mineral pills in water or juice prior to taking them will enhance the body's uptake of the nutrients and reduce the stress that these pills cause on the gastrointestinal tract. It is also highly advisable to take multivitamin/mineral supplements with food or directly before a meal.

Nature knows best, and in nature, vitamins and minerals are found in a food matrix that is more likened to a liquid state than a pill form. The best way to achieve this complex requirement of the body is with a liquid calcium-magnesium tonic that is derived from fruits and vegetables. In this way, these minerals can be provided in their most bioavailable forms, where all of the trace elements, amino acids and other nutrients that are required for their proper absorption can be found. Scientifically prepared calcium magnesium liquid formulas are available under the Floradix label. They are highly bioavailable and properly balanced for maximum effectiveness.

A good example of increased health and longevity with a high calcium/magnesium diet can be found with the Hunzas. The Hunza people, who live high up in the Himalayan mountains between India and China, are known to be one of the healthiest populations on earth. They routinely live to be 120 or more years old and have all of their teeth when they die. Dr. Bernard Jensen, one of America's foremost pioneering nutritionists, studied the diet of the Hunza's and used this information to heal many people of chronic diseases. After visiting the Hunza's mountain top valley community, Dr. Jensen reported that the people there suffer from no major sicknesses and have no doctors, no nurses, no insanity or anything else we could call ill health. One of the important keys to their good health is thought to be from the high calcium and magnesium diet that they get both from their water (glacier-fed water rich in colloidal minerals including calcium from limestone) and vegetarian food (irrigated with this high calcium, rich mineral water). They do not have spinal problems, rickets or children with pronated ankles. One woman who Dr. Bernard Jensen treated in America had a condition called pellagra, which is known to result from calcium deficiency. She had 13 leg ulcers, weeping and inflamed that several doctors had tried to cure her of for over three years! Dr. Bernard Jensen thought about the diet of the Hunza's, 85% of which consisted of sunshine foods: vegetables, fruits, berries, apricots, melons, cabbages and so forth. He compared that to the American diet which generally only contains 20% of these sunshine foods.

Realizing that sun fixes calcium in the human body (which is why calcium deficiencies are often treated with U.V. light treatments), Dr. Jensen decided to treat this woman with a high calcium/magnesium drink. He chopped off the tops of nine sun veggies including beet greens, turnip greens, parsley, celery tops, endive, watercress, romaine and bib lettuce and placed them in water for two hours, strained the green chlorophyll water through cheesecloth and recommended six to seven glasses of this "green juice" each day. He also made a few changes to the rest of her diet. Within six days her leg ulcers were healed!! He did not have to use any salves or ointments - just fed this drink and the ulcers dried out and new pink skin formed.

I think we can all learn a great deal from the Hunza's, these people who are known and admired for their excellent health, as well as for their fearlessness and good tempered cheer. They are living proof of the benefits of a high calcium and magnesium diet!

Calcium Deficiency in Children:
A recent national survey shows that dietary calcium intake is variable in children and adolescents, with about half consuming less than the intake recommended by the Recommended Dietary Allowances or the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel on Optimal Calcium Intake. Osteoporosis is a major disease in adults, resulting in 1.5 million fractures and over $10 billion in medical expenditures annually. Randomized, placebo-controlled intervention trials conducted in healthy children who are consuming amounts of dietary calcium in accordance with the US recommendations show that bone mass can be increased by calcium supplementation. It has also been shown that childhood calcium intake is associated with risk of later osteoporosis and fracture. In addition, the development of osteoporosis in childhood, not just in adulthood, can be caused by low calcium intake related to lactose intolerance or the use of glucocorticoid medications. The authors of this survey recommend a screening program to be used by physicians and other pediatric care providers to detect children with low dietary calcium intake, low bone density, and other osteoporosis risk factors and recommend the use of calcium supplementation in clinical care.
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