Calcium Absorption and Achlorhydria

Richard Eastell; Uriel S. Barzel; Robert R. Recker

doi:10.1056/NEJM198512053132319

Calcium Absorption and Achlorhydria

Richard Eastell, Uriel S. Barzel, Robert R. Recker

Department of Medicine

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Abstract

To the Editor: Dr. Recker concludes in his article on calcium absorption and achlorhydria (July 11 issue)¹ that if calcium carbonate is to be used as a prophylaxis against bone loss, it should be taken with meals. The hydrogen ion concentration of the test meal he used was approximately 1 μmol per liter (pH 5.8), and this would be enough to dissolve only microgram quantities of calcium carbonate. To test whether this pH was typical of that of a day's intake of food, I measured the pH of 15 samples of homogenized diets from calcium-balance studies; the pH ranged from.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1481-1482
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	313
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198512053132319
State	Published - Dec 5 1985

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