Calcium citrate or calcium carbonate?

[wishing on a star]

I have read somewhere that you should take calcium citrate tabs when ttc a girl and not the carbonate ones, however in all my local health food store they only sell carbonate! Ive been taking the citrate ones for a few months now but they are very expensive and you only get 30 tabs 100mg each.
I wanted to know if there is a big difference between the two or should i stay well clear of the carbonate?
thanks
xx

[purplepoet20]

Cal carbonate is more alkaline... my tested at a 9 on the ph meter. calcium citrate was a 6.

look online at a vita shop or natural store, not a place like ebay. but if you can not find calcium pills you could try calcium rich foods. you absorb more from food then pills.

[wishing on a star]

To be honest my calcium intake is quite high at the moment, will look on the health food website too though thanks for the reply
xx

[atomic sagebrush]

Supposedly calcium citrate is best absorbed into the bones - but we are not really 100% certain we WANT the calcium to be well absorbed into our bones or just floating around free.

If all you can find that is affordable is calcium carbonate, I would take the calcium carbonate.

[Pray4Pink]

Is it ok to take calcium phosphate? This is the only one I can find with low Vit D.

[atomic sagebrush]

Pray4pink, honestly, I'm not sure anyone even KNOWS. I don't know. If you're trying to follow the FGD to the letter, you're going to want the calcium citrate but if all you can find is calcium phosphate, I personally doubt that one is really better than the other. Go with your gut and always remember, there's a lot of stuff available to order online that is not available in your local store. I suspect that a low-Vit-D calcium citrate is for sale out there somewhere, just a matter of tracking it down.