...which is why it is so strong, as well as electrically active.Calcium not only combines with phosphorus to make bones, as well as carbon to make rocks, it activates muscle contractions and facilitates nerve conduction. In its usual fashion, the body has evolved a system (in this case, the neuro-muscular-skeletal) that makes optimal use of a resource in multiple dimensions.
The current "controversy" over vitamin D, which facilitates calcium metabolism, exemplifies how real science can be extrapolated irresponsibly by fanatics and faddists. While a certain level of this vitamin (vitamins are co-enzymes, not primary nutrients) is required, excess levels can lead to a syndrome called hypervitaminosis D--calcium deposits in places they don't belong, such as muscle and nerve tissue, kidney stones, and nerve dysfunction.
Calcium has its uses and also its abuses; if some is good more is not necessarily better.
That's why we have real science--to tell us the facts.
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