Marine coral calcium, 100% Okinawa marine grade, no other additives or fillers! UB Marine Coral Calcium is a premium grade, environmentally friendly coral calcium in the approximate 2:1 ratio of calcium to magnesium with essential trace minerals, and like all Ultra Botanicals products, is completely additive-free: no fillers, flowing agents, or lubricants, nothing whatsoever added to the ingredient in its purest, most effective form. The marine coral calcium inherently contains essential trace minerals - many have had excellent results!

ABOUT CORAL CALCIUM
Most coral calcium comes from Okinawa, but all coral calcium is not the same. In fact, there are several different grades and types that are so different they seem like different products altogether. Simply stated, coral calcium from Okinawa is not enough to ensure that it is a quality product.

The two types on the market are fossilized coral calcium, which comes from the shore, and marine coral calcium, which comes from the ocean. There are major differences between the two. When coral breaks off from the living reef, it ends up on the seabed. Eventually, some of it may wash up on shore where it can be more economically gathered by harvesting the seabed. By the time the fossilized coral washes ashore, however, its composition has changed such that the mineral content is vastly different in comparison to the marine coral.

Research on coral calcium touts its mineral content as being its key effectiveness. In addition to delivering calcium for bones and good health, it also delivers magnesium in approximately half the amount as calcium (the recommended ratio) along with essential trace minerals. Calcium and magnesium are important for maintaining your teeth and bones. Minerals help to create a more alkaline environment in the body, which serves to limit many disease states. For instance, cancer thrives in an acidic environment. Trace minerals are extremely important to maintaining good health, and because they are so severely depleted in the conventional food supply, having them in the coral calcium is extremely beneficial. This desirable absorbable mineral composition describes only the marine coral calcium, however.

Fossilized coral calcium, on the other hand, delivers neither magnesium nor trace minerals to any significant extent. Many manufacturers prefer to use fossilized coral calcium because it is so much cheaper and because its calcium yield is higher. For every 1000 mg. of the compound, the fossilized form delivers 350-400 mg of calcium. This is in contrast to a 240 mg. yield of calcium in the marine form. Fossilized coral calcium manufacturers then try to make up for the deficiency of the fossilized form by adding magnesium to the formula. The two ways to recognize these products is that they will show approximately 370 mg per 1000 mg of coral calcium, and when you read the source of magnesium in the ingredient list you will see added compounds like magnesium oxide, or magnesium chelate, or some term other than from coral calcium.

Marine coral calcium is environmentally friendly despite the fact that some claim the marine form harms marine ecology. In reality, premium marine coral calcium is collected from fragments of coral that have broken off and drifted to the bottom of the shallow Okinawan seabed, where it is harvested in such an environmentally friendly manner that the harvesting does not disturb the live seabeds. In fact, the Japanese government encourages these techniques because the coral reef actually flourishes when the seabeds are cleaned up. Harvesting operations are overseen by the Japanese government along with the World Wildlife Federation. Contrary to some of the fossilized calcium advertising claims, premium marine coral calcium is extremely environmentally friendly, and is the preferred form.

UB Marine Coral Calcium is a premium grade, environmentally friendly coral calcium in the approximate 2:1 ratio of calcium to magnesium with essential trace minerals, and like all Ultra Botanicals products, is completely additive-free: no fillers, flowing agents, or lubricants, nothing whatsoever added to the ingredient in its purest, most effective form. As an added bonus, with UB Marine Coral Calcium, you can have the preferred form at no additional cost beyond that of the fossilized form.

Check out the Marine Coral Calcium Consumer Price Comparison Guide which compares the Ultra Botanicals (UB) Marine Coral Calcium against our competition, and you will find this to be the best value for the dosage! 1000 mg. of marine coral calcium yields approximately 240 mg. of available calcium, or 24%. It can be difficult when comparing products to determine from the label whether a supplement is true marine coral calcium. Here is how you can tell whether you are purchasing marine coral calcium: if you divide the mg. calcium by the mg. coral calcium, the ratio should be no higher than 0.24 or 24%. If it is in the 35-40% range (0.35 - 0.40), then the supplement is actually fossilized coral calcium which does not contain the essential trace minerals.

Another way to evaluate the integrity of a manufacturer is to examine the ratio of calcium to magnesium. The recommended ratio of these minerals is approximately 2:1, but nature is not perfect. The chances of this ratio coming out exactly at 2:1 in natural marine coral is remote, and probably is not proved out by the supporting certificate of analysis. Ultra Botanicals label claim of 700 mg. Ca / 300 mg. Mg is derived from the certificate of analysis on the purchased marine coral calcium. This ratio is calculated to be 2.3:1, which supports its authenticity due to the inevitable variability found in natural substances such as coral.

Ingredients per serving (2 capsules):
100% Okinawa coral calcium - 3000 mg - 2.97 g
Calcium (from coral calcium) - 700 mg
Magnesium (from coral calcium) - 300 mg

Serving size: 2 capsules; 30 servings