About Coral Calcium
Coral Calcium is derived from corals of the order Scleractinia. Coral reefs are such an exoskeleton (external skeleton): This mineral structure, consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, is used to structure the settlement.
When a piece of coral off the structure and falls to the bottom of the sea, the organism dies and there remains only the minerals and trace elements of the skeleton. These debris that is ground into fine powder and is sold under the name of coral calcium.
The structure of coral is so similar to the bones of animals and humans as medicine uses it for several decades as the basis for bone reconstruction.
In Japan and India, traditional medicine has long used this substance as a source of calcium. However, advertising exaggerated which is the subject of coral calcium today, the United States in particular, lends properties that calcium does not and has never had.
Also called cholecalciferol, vitamin D is closely linked with calcium to maintain an appropriate structure within the bones.