What is the difference between Calcium and Calcium EAP?

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Dear Kathy,

Calcium EAP is the brand name in Germany for a combination of Calcium

and 2-amino ethanol phosphate. (Here in the U. S. it is sometimes

called Calcium AEP because those inititials more closely follow the

actual words.)

AEP or EAP was identified by an American researcher as being present in

each cell in our body. The idea of combining EAP with calcium came from

a German doctor who began experimenting with mineral compounds to help

heart patients. He said that nutrients are only useful when they are

readily available at the cellular level. Positive mineral ions such as

calcium, magnesium, and potassium may have more difficulty becoming " bio

available " (available for the body's use) because they have such

difficulty passing through cell membranes. For this reason, he chose a

" mineral transporter " to enable a mineral ion to be carried to the

cell. The first mineral transporter combination he developed was

potassium magnesium aspartate. It became quite successful so he

eventually chose 2-AEP as a mineral transporter and made compounds with

calcium, magnesium and potassium. In Germany Calcium EAP is available

in intravenous, oral and suppository forms. Intravenous Calcium EAP and

oral Calcium EAP are both used as part of the MS therapy along with a

" mineral transporter " source of magnesium and potassium. Oral Calcium

EAP or oral Calcium AEP are available here in the U. S. The intravenous

Calcium EAP can be ordered from Germany if you have a doctor here who

will monitor you while you are taking it.

Hopefully the intravenous Calcium EAP will soon be approved for

marketing here in the United States so it will no longer be necessary to

order it from Germany. Approximately thirty patients have volunteered

to talk about their experience with Calcium EAP. Some of them have

email and are willing to communicate by email.

Lillian Hanke

Librarian