"Algaecal" Claims Debunked

Just several years after coral calcium was busted, we see another magic cure-all product AlgaeCal popping up on our screen, another masterpiece by the same people who were behind the coral calcium scam?

Algas Calcareas.sp, Latin name for algae calcium carbonate, or calcified seaweed. Its main content is, of cause, calcium carbonate, the very same calcium compound found in coral calcium, rocks, oyster shell.

Calcium carbonate is the least absorbable form of calcium. Just because it's from coral doesn't make it more absorbable than calcium carbonate from limestone. It goes the same for algae, or AlgaeCal.

AlgaeCal is claimed to have 72 trace minerals – does it sound familiar? Yes, coral calcium made the same claim. Of cause, to list the 72 trace minerals and their amount were not that important. Why bother - nobody's going to look into it anyway?

Oh, we've got USDA Organic Certification. Have you ever seen any nutritional supplements bear that seal? We are the first! Of cause you are the first, and you'll be the last too! USDA Organic Certification is for produce, animal feed, soil treatment, that's taken directly from the nature.

In other words, here's how AlgaeCal was produced: calcified seaweed is collected from the ocean, watered, then grinded to powder – and that's it. That's the product we offer. It contains all the dirt, heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and all other contaminates from the ocean, together with calcium carbonate, a little bit magnesium. Does it really contain 72 trace minerals? We don't care. It's organic.

Why is that there are no other common sense nutritional supplements have that seal? Simple! Even calcium carbonate from limestone needs to be cleaned, extracted, purified. You can't use water to accomplish that. Chemicals are a must in those processes.

Calcified seaweed is commonly used for farmland soil treatment. It's never before and should not ever be used for human consumption. AlgaeCal should not be an exception.

Dr. Fujita