No more taking huge tablets for me
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (335361)
Rockingham, Australia
March 16, 2024 9:09am CST
Last time I visited the doctor to get a prolia injection which is supposed to help prevent osteoporosis, I was told my last blood test showed too-low levels of calcium and Vitamin D. I’ve had a month of gulping down tablets to correct the levels and when I went to the clinic a day or two ago, my levels were in the normal range and I was able to have the injection.
I’m really pleased to be able to give up the calcium tablets as I was having trouble swallowing them. I was told that a tub of yoghurt each day would more or less replace a calcium tablet so I’ll be eating more yoghurt in future just to try to keep my levels up. I’m just so relieved to give up the tablets. The vitamin tablets are much smaller and easier to swallow.
I’ll check out the different yoghurts to see which one has the highest levels of calcium.
The photo is of a decorated farmhouse in the French Alps.
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@LadyDuck (467835)
• Switzerland
17 Mar
@JudyEv The small towns near the borders are all very similar one size and the other of the border, often they were part of the other country in the past. This part of Switzerland was part of the north of Italy in the past. I am glad you like sardines and also canned salmon is rich in calcium.
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@JudyEv (335361)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Mar
It would have been near the border. I think Switzerland when I see it but apart from walking across the wooden bridge between Germany (?) and Switzerland, we didn't go into Switzerland. I knew sardines were high in calcium but didn't know they're higher than yoghurt. I like sardines so I'll eat more of them too.
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@snowy22315 (177348)
• United States
16 Mar
Yes, yogurt is very good for you and contains a large amount of probiotics too.
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@JudyEv (335361)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Mar
I don't mind yoghurt so I'll get into the habit of buying it more often.
@FourWalls (65838)
• United States
16 Mar
Yogurt is much tastier, too!!! 
Glad you’re off the calcium capsules.
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@Marilynda1225 (82009)
• United States
16 Mar
The house in your photo is beautiful.
Glad that you can replace yougurt for your calcium tablets. That's good to know. I might have to start eating more yogurt even though I don't have to take tablets for low calcium but at my age I don't want to have my levels drop.
I do take a Vit D every day and they are small enough to swallow easily.
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@Marilynda1225 (82009)
• United States
18 Mar
@JudyEv I eat a lot of broccoli and cauliflower but I've never been able to eat sardines. My mom always loved them but just the smell turns me off.
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@JudyEv (335361)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Mar
@Marilynda1225 I love broccoli and cauliflower but Vince isn't so keen on them so we don't have them often. But maybe I'll buy them and cook them myself.
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@GardenGerty (159885)
• United States
17 Mar
Love the photo. Your body needs magnesium to use the calcium. Dark green leafy veggies will help with both. Yogurt will not hurt. Sunshine for the Vitamin D.
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@JudyEv (335361)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Mar
I'm amazed that you can take get vitamin D in tablet form. We were always taught it was only in sunshine.
@rebelann (112387)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Mar
That is a beautiful house .... well, it's the flowers that make it beautiful.
I hate taking pills of any size so I eat plenty of cheese and drink milk which have good levels of calcium and I'm outside often on those warm days where I get plenty of Vitamin D.
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@rebelann (112387)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Mar
It's the same way here but mostly when it's cold, I personally don't like the cold so I stay inside when it is.
I love the warm/hot weather and make it a point to be outside more although when it gets over 95f/35c I make it a point to come back indoors after 15 minutes in the sunshine.
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@RebeccasFarm (88703)
• Arvada, Colorado
16 Mar
Wish you could have crushed those tablets but if yogurt will do the trick..goodo then.
Glad your levels are back up.
Beautiful French Alps photo Judy!!
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@Tampa_girl7 (49944)
• United States
19 Mar
I never liked yogurt until recent years. I eat Greek Yogurt. I hope that you find something you like.
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@JudyEv (335361)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar
I was a bit the same. It seemed like sour cream to me but I've got used to it now.
@wolfgirl569 (102597)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Mar
Glad your levels are normal again.
That is a lovely house
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@LindaOHio (171927)
• United States
17 Mar
Love the photo. I take 2 calcium tablets and 1 D3 a day. I also eat yogurt from time to time. Love the photo. Have a great day.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
17 Mar
I am not a big yogurt fan but i would eat that rather than take those calcium pills.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
18 Mar
@JudyEv that is a good idea. that will help.
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@JudyEv (335361)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Mar
We saw lots of houses like this but this was probably the most ornate.
