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[dosquito]

Does k2 increase your need for calcium?

[experimenting]

No. Stay away from calcium supplements. You get enough from diet unless you're doing something weird. Trust me, you see my posts around here- hypercalcemia sucks. Try supplementing vitamin D and that should sort you out completely on the calcium front.

[dosquito]

I’ve tested on the high end of the blood calcium range twice now

[experimenting]

All the more reason NOT to supplement calcium. Try magnesium?

[dosquito]

Gotcha. I’ll keep eating raw cheese but otherwise lay low. Thanks for your advice. I was just wondering if the k2 needs more calcium to do it’s thing. It’s craxy how high the RDA is. I take magnesium glycinate.

[experimenting]

Gotcha. I’ll keep eating raw cheese but otherwise lay low. Thanks for your advice. I was just wondering if the k2 needs more calcium to do it’s thing. It’s craxy how high the RDA is. I take magnesium glycinate.

Absolutely no, lowering blood calcium should always be the goal.

Magnesium glycinate is good. I take malate myself as I don't love the NMDA modulating aspects of glycine but it's NBD either way.