Powdered calcium citrate is expensive. This is the cheapest calcium citrate powder I could find. It dissolves easily in water and has little taste, except mildly chalky. I used to mix it in applesauce, but the easiest way to take it quickly is to put your dose in a shot glass, fill with water, stir, and sip quickly through a straw. Refill a second time to get the remainder. In applesauce it gets thick and chewy and is harder to get down. Now. Bioavailability. Research shows that calcium citrate is more absorbable than calcium carbonate or any other oral form. It is easier on your stomach and does not need to be taken with food. Ive struggled to get me calcium levels above 7 since Ive been pregnant. Since starting this and upping my dose to twice daily, my calcium is finally around 9. The recommended dose is a teaspoon and a halfI have a half tablespoon measuring spoon and use a heaping spoonful for each dose, twice a day. I take in between meals since I have to take a K-Phos supplement with each meal, and phos will mess with calcium absorption (and vice versa). Calcium citrate powder is less user friendly than a simple pill, but for maximum absorption it cant be beat. Highly recommend. (I am reviewing this under my husbands name).
