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From: mdf0@bunny.UUCP (Mark Feblowitz)
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Subject: Re: Info. Request re Calcium Diet Suplement
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 09:23:34 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 09:23:34 1986
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> Can anyone give advice on the best way to obtain calcium. I went to
> Guild Drugs and found a small bottle under their name labelled oyster
> Calcium. It cost about $2.50 and at the quoted 3 pills per day would not
> last a whole long time. Not bad though. A brand-name slightly larger
> bottle was about $10. It seems to me that Calcium is Calcium no matter
> how obtained and that pounds of the right salt might be bought for
> not much $.
> 
> What's the scoop, chaps?
> 
> Dick Jackson.

Consumer Reports suggests that "Tums" is the most cost-effective way 
of increasing your calcium intake, due to its primary ingredient, 
calcium carbonate (I think). If you can tolerate the intense mint or
fake-fruit flavors, you'll save a good deal of money.