Calcium loss through sweat

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Mimi, that tidbit from the 50s was interesting. I flunked my iron test a few weeks back (hemoglobin 11, so not a horrible flunk, but a flunk nonetheless) and the doc thinks it's exercise induced anemia. I'd never heard of it before (from the lit she gave me, about running and XC skiing, both of which I do a lot of: "The forces exerted on the red blood cells in the capillaries of the feet may rupture the blood cells and lead to anemia." Whoda thunk it??) She gave me some stuff to read and put me on a liquid iron supplement.

I also had a bone density wake up call a few years back...led me to drastically change my eating habits. I recently started using those calcium chews at the suggestion of my doc (fruit flavored, of course). A little sugar in them but not bad. I also lift weights and run, so I'm doing what I can.

[mimitabby]

Yellow, sounds good. I haven't seen any fruit flavored calcium chews; what are they called? We all have to do what we can do.

Recently, my DH had his annual exam, and they took blood very shortly after one of his 200 k rides. THere were some abnormalities that his doctor explained away by saying that he had had some extreme exercise a few days away.
THis included low white blood cells and cloudy urine!

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Recently, my DH had his annual exam, and they took blood very shortly after one of his 200 k rides. THere were some abnormalities that his doctor explained away by saying that he had had some extreme exercise a few days away.
THis included low white blood cells and cloudy urine!

I have flunked urine tests many times due to the whole exercise thing. Comes back as some sort of an indicator of renal failure. Very common, apparently.

Oh! The calcium chews were something I just got at Fred Meyer aka Smith's in Utah (just the Kroger/FM/SMith's brand). They were by the calcium supplements in the vitamin aisle.

[mimitabby]

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no kidding.

[Ann G]

Viactiv also makes a calcium chew with 500 mg of calcium, plus vitamin D and K. They come in 5 different flavors, and I've been using the milk chocolate flavor.