John, Chicago: I have taken Byl-Calcium for three month, I am happy to know that the reading for my osteoporosis was decreased from -3.5 to -2.7. I took several other calcium supplements before but why they didn’t work, the calcium is same, isn’t?

Yes, Calcium as element is same, but its absorption depends on the calcium sources. Only the solubilized calcium can be absorbed by human body and therefore the solubility of calcium is crucial for satisfied outcome. You can easily test the calcium solubility by putting the products into warm water. Many calcium supplements on the market didn’t dissolve in water at all. You will find that Byl-calcium has the excellent solubility, even better than tablet salt.

Tina, California: I had pain associated with osteoporosis and arthritis. I couldn’t believe that Byl-Calcium made my pain manageable in several days, the level went from a 7/8 to a 2/3.  How a Byl-Calcium acted even better than pain killer?

Because your pain was associated with osteoporosis. The reduced pain clearly indicated the improvement on the osteoporosis. Pain killer can only relieve the pain temperately.  

Debbie, Vancouver: Byl-calcium works on me! I have token other calcium supplement for years but why I still got Osteoporosis?

Did you know Osteoporosis has become a major health issue only in the last 40 to 50 years and only in developed country? The important step is not how much calcium you put into mouth, but how much calcium you body absorbed. The key issue is our lifestyle changed: less physical activities and less sunlight. Evolutionally people depend on these tow facts to actively absorb calcium from conventional calcium supplements. Byl-calcium employed new calcium absorption mechanism in which the calcium was absorbed via amino acid pathway. It is why Byl-calcium created satisfied outcome even for the people who have difficulty to absorb calcium.

Betty, Richmond: I feel much more comfortable with Byl-Calcium than xxx calcium (a popular brand of calcium amino acid chelate) which caused me excess stomach acidity, what is the deference?

Probably xxx calcium is calcium salt of amino acid, not calcium chelate. Calcium salts release the calcium in stomach and then consume a lot of stomach acid. In this case, body has to secret more acid even at normal condition after longtime stimulation. You can tell the calcium salt from chelate by its pH in water: Byl-Calcium solution is neutral (pH around 7, same as pure water) but calcium salt is basic (pH over 9, same as detergent).

Larry, New York: I had bone spurs on both feet and was barely able to walk.  I took 8 caps/day and feel better within 3 days, after a month I can't find any trace of the pain. I can’t believe that Byl-calcium made the rock-hard spurs disappeared, can I?

Actually bone is not like rock at all. Think about the similarity in structures between baby’s bone and adult’s bone, comparing with the annual circles of tree. Bone actually is a living tissue. The bone is continually building up and dissolving out to maintain the calcium balance between blood and bone. The spurs formed due to unbalance of calcium and reasonably can be dissolved under calcium balance conditions.

Dave, Okanogan: I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I used Byl-calcium for about 2 weeks and feel a lot less muscle spasm and cramps and the pain is less too. How dose it work like this?

Although the causes of fibromvalgia are unknown, many doctors believe that some of migraines may actually be caused by an imbalance of minerals such as calcium. Calcium ions have a key role in the physiology of muscular contraction: changes in calcium ion concentration may be involved in the pathogenesis of fibromvalgia. Clinical study showed that in fibromvalgia patients the intracellular calcium concentration is significantly lower in comparison to that of healthy controls, the low intracellular calcium concentration may be responsible for muscular hypertonus. L-Aspartate is intracellular substance and efficiently carries the calcium in Byl-calcium into cells and relieves pains

Eric, DC: I didn’t feel the twitch in sleep at the night I took Byl-calcium, is it work so fast?

We received this kind of comments very often. We believe it may happen since the Byl-calcium is able to increase calcium level in blood within several hours. The twitch when drowsy or in sleep is a common symptom of calcium deficiency. When calcium level in blood increased the symptom should be relieved accordingly. However the calcium in the blood will be pulled to bond and you need take more calcium to feel the stable benefits.   

Tina, Miami: The dosage on label is 2-4 capsules per day, should I double the dosage for my severe osteoporosis?

Not necessarily.  Keeping take the Byl-Calcium every day is much more important than increasing the dosage.

Yang, California: I heard taking calcium and Vitamin D can reduce the risk of cancer, is that truth?

Yes, more and more clinical evidences confirmed that calcium could reduce 50% of the risk of cancer (Am J Clin Nutr. 2007, 85(6):1586). Vitamin D was also reported reduce the cancer risk, some experts link the efficy with the calcium absorption. However, overdose of Vitamin D was toxic especially considering its long half-life (28 days). Byl-Calcium was absorbed without Vitamin D and therefore specifically benefits those who cannot absorb calcium in traditional way and who not metabolize the vitamin D to avoid accumulated toxicity.