Upcal D

daubbermom
on 4/13/13 10:35 am - OH

RNY on 01/28/13

I received my Upcal D individual packets and was wondering how much Calcium Citrate is in each packet. The package says 2500 per packet but 500 is elemental calcium. Does that make 2000 calcium citrate per packet?

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 4/13/13 10:41 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

No, it is 500g of calcium citrate per package. Even of it were 2500g, you wouldn't absorb more than 500g at a time, anyway. That's why we have to break our calcium into 3 or 4 doses a day.

Lora

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poet_kelly
on 4/13/13 11:45 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

It's 2500 mg calcium citrate, which is 500 mg elemental calcium. You need 1500 to 2000 mg elemental calcium (from calcium citrate) daily.

Kelly

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