Summer, I've been taking a very similar product for 6-7 weeks, Alive! Calcium for Bones. Both it and the New Chapter product are very similar to the much pricier AlgaeCal. I've read success stories on the internet but so far no one I've seen on here has had a follow-up DEXA scan to share results with us. With that said, at least the three products mentioned are all red algae calcium derived, vs calcium carbonate or citrate which are derivitives of limestone. I feel our bodies can metabolize plants better than rocks! 💚

Results: There were no significant differences in baseline BMD between those who volunteered versus those who did not and between those who completed per protocol (PP) and those who were lost to attrition. Among subjects completing per protocol, there were no significant differences between the three groups on baseline measurements of BMD, weight, age, body fat and fat-free mass suggesting that the treatment groups were statistically similar at baseline. In all three treatment groups subjects with above average compliance had significantly greater increases in BMD as compared to the two expected-change reference groups. The group following the most nutritionally comprehensive Plan outperformed the other two groups. For all three groups, there were no statistically significant differences between baseline and ending blood chemistry tests or the QOL self-reports.

Conclusions: The increases in BMD found in all three treatment groups in this CER stand in marked contrast to previous studies reporting that interventions with calcium and vitamin D3 reduce age-related losses of BMD, but do not increase BMD. Increased compliance resulted in increased BMD levels. No adverse effects were found in the blood chemistry tests, self-reported quality of life and daily tracking reports. The Plans tested suggest a significant improvement over the traditional calcium and vitamin D3 standard of care.
Keywords: bone mineral density, bone-health supplement, women over-40

I saw how many of you were talking about vegan calcium supplement AlgaeCal, so I went to their website and looked for their testing results. I copy and pasted the what you see below, (which shows this brand is NO better than any other brand) They say on their website that their product is proven to grow bone, but, Calcium does NOT grow bone. We take calcium so that we will have a good level of calcium in our blood stream, because if our blood calcium is low, out body will leech calcium from our bones.

Background: The US Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health suggests America's bone-health is in jeopardy and issued a “call to action” to develop bone-health plans incorporating components of (1) improved nutrition, (2) increased health literacy, and (3) increased physical activity.

Objective: To conduct a Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) study comparing changes in bone mineral density in healthy women over-40 with above-average compliance when following one of three bone health Plans incorporating the SG's three components.

Methods: Using an open-label sequential design, 414 females over 40 years of age were tested, 176 of whom agreed to participate and follow one of three different bone-health programs. One Plan contained a bone-health supplement with 1,000 IUs of vitamin D3 and 750 mg of a plant-sourced form of calcium for one year. The other two Plans contained the same plant form of calcium, but with differing amounts of vitamin D3 and other added bone health ingredients along with components designed to increase physical activity and health literacy. Each group completed the same baseline and ending DXA bone density scans, 43-chemistry blood test panels, and 84-item Quality of Life Inventory (QOL). Changes for all subjects were annualized as percent change in BMD from baseline. Using self-reports of adherence, subjects were rank-ordered and dichotomized as “compliant” or “partially compliant” based on the median rating. Comparisons were also made between the treatment groups and two theoretical age-adjusted expected groups: a non-intervention group and a group derived from a review of previously published studies on non-plant sources of calcium. (continued below)

Some people on this site are on that, or Algaecal, which is similar. No one has had another bone scan since starting it, so we are all hoping that when they do, they get good results!

We are all waiting for anyone on that,or Algaecal which is similar, to let us all know!