The Advacal story

Tthe story behind AAA Ca, ( Advacal) is fascinating. It involves a medical scientist from a country where Osteopenia and Osteoporosis seldom develop until people reach advanced age. Most scientific studies report that stopping or reversing bone loss in old age is very difficult.

T. Fujita is a well known Japanese researcher. He has a real interest in Osteoporosis - especially Osteoprosis in the elderly.

Dr. Fujita studied calcium supplements for Osteopenia and Osteoporosis among elderly patients. He wanted something that would work even with elderly Japanese nursing home patients.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information lists a many articles published in scientific journals that T. Fujita authored or coauthored. And the problem of calcium absorption is the subject of many of these studies and articles. (And that is where AAA Ca, Advacal, comes in.)

Let's go back to 1990 when Fujita published the results of a controlled study of the effect of Calcium supplementation in elderly Osteoporosic females in the Journal Bone and Mineral October 11 (1): 85 - 91.

I should note that this study was done at a time when "the effect of calcium supplementation, in patients with osteoporosis [was] still a matter of controversy."

Dr. Fujita compared a specially prepared form of oyster shell calcium ( the form that was later manufactured as Advacal) and compared its effect on bone density with that of calcium carbonate. His study of 12 elderly osteoporosic females found that 900mg/day of Oyster shell electolysate (OSE) raised serum calcium more readily than calcium carbonate. Dr. Fujita concluded that "OSE may favorably influence osteoporosis by providing a readily available source of calcium."

(Note the very careful language, "OSE may favorably influence..... I love the caution of scientific researchers! And I note that as the years went by and more positive outcomes of studies accumulated, Dr. Fujita becomes more firm in his claims A study in 2005 states clearly: "AAA Ca [is] the best absorbed from the intestine than other available calcium compounds. . ."

Maybe you are wondering just what AAA Ca, Advacal is. What is it?

Let me take the answer to your question from another study - one published in Clinical Calcium 2005 Jan. 15 (1) 87 -93. The abstract for the study opens: "Active Absorbable Algal Calcium (AAA Ca) is made by submaximally (800 degrees ) heating cleaned oyster shell under reduced pressure and mixing it with similarly heated seaweed (Cystophyllum fusiforme).

What is the significance of AAA Ca (Advacal) 'absorbability"?One of the big problems with calcium supplementation is that calcium as a mineral it is difficult for us to absorb it. Much of the calcium taken as supplements by people trying to deal with bone loss, simply goes through the digestive system and winds up in the toilet.

Other calcium supplements are absorbed but they never make it to bone formation. Instead the calcium deposits in joints and eventually it contribute to the aches and pains of our older years.

What is necessary to repair the damage of thin or porous bone, is for calcium to be absorbed and utilized in bone formation. THAT is what Fujita's specially treated oyster shell and seaweed seems to do. You will save money on Advacal at Vitacost . They offer deep discounts on this supplement AND they have many other supplements, skin care products and even organic food so youcan often find many of the things for which you would normally pay full retail price.

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