BearWithMe
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My diet was extremely low in calcium and phosphorus for 25 years. At the age of 25, I found out about Ray Peat and started drinking plenty of milk, eating plenty of cheese and generally getting plenty of calcium in the right ratio to phosphorus. I've had symptoms of calcium deficiency back then.
After 5 years of consistently getting plenty of milk and milk products, my calcium deficiency symptoms are even worse.
I have had high blood calcium (both ionized and total) and low blood phosphorus in all bloodwork results since 2013. It seems like the calcium I eat goes into the bloodstream and soft tissues instead of bones and teeth.
What I have tried so far:
Vitamin D - makes my hypercalcemia worse. Higher doses shoot my blood calcium levels so high I'm unable to sleep and eat for several days.
Vitamin K2-MK7 - the same as vitamin D, maybe even more violent
Vitamin K2-MK4 - the same as vitamin D, but less violent
Vitamin K1 - the most tolerable, but still makes my hypercalcemia worse
Vitamin A - synthetic retinol definitely makes me feel worse
Silicone - makes hypercalcemia worse
Boron - is great for my testosterone, but causes tooth decay and doesn't help with hypercalcemia
Magnesium, Zinc, Copper, Potassium, Vitamin C - doesn't help
Manganese - this is the only thing that have somewhat positive effect, but just a little bit
What could be wrong? Does my GI tract (that's used to very low calcium intakes) absorb way too much calcium to the point of overflooding the whole system? Am I still deficient in phosphorus, and this causes problems with calcium metabolism? Are my parathyroid glands messed up? Something completely different?
After 5 years of consistently getting plenty of milk and milk products, my calcium deficiency symptoms are even worse.
I have had high blood calcium (both ionized and total) and low blood phosphorus in all bloodwork results since 2013. It seems like the calcium I eat goes into the bloodstream and soft tissues instead of bones and teeth.
What I have tried so far:
Vitamin D - makes my hypercalcemia worse. Higher doses shoot my blood calcium levels so high I'm unable to sleep and eat for several days.
Vitamin K2-MK7 - the same as vitamin D, maybe even more violent
Vitamin K2-MK4 - the same as vitamin D, but less violent
Vitamin K1 - the most tolerable, but still makes my hypercalcemia worse
Vitamin A - synthetic retinol definitely makes me feel worse
Silicone - makes hypercalcemia worse
Boron - is great for my testosterone, but causes tooth decay and doesn't help with hypercalcemia
Magnesium, Zinc, Copper, Potassium, Vitamin C - doesn't help
Manganese - this is the only thing that have somewhat positive effect, but just a little bit
What could be wrong? Does my GI tract (that's used to very low calcium intakes) absorb way too much calcium to the point of overflooding the whole system? Am I still deficient in phosphorus, and this causes problems with calcium metabolism? Are my parathyroid glands messed up? Something completely different?