calcium dosage question - & Devin

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I have started my 5 1/2 year old on Floradix Calcium-Magnesium, since a hair

analysis showed him to be extremely deficient in calcium. I read in the files

on calcium on this list that a child of my son's age needs 800 mgs of calcium a

day. The Floradix says that a serving of their supplement is 2 tablespoons a

day, and that it provides 155 mg's of calcium - no where near the 800 mgs a day!

If his hair analysis results are a reflection of the calcium in his body, than

he's not been absorbing much calcium from his diet at all (and there has been

some in his food - he must just not be able to absorb it), so does that mean

that I need to give him about 10 tablespoons a day, in order to get close to 800

mgs in him?!!! (In other words, 5 of the 2 tablespoons dosages a day)

Perhaps I am misunderstanding something here?

He's already on enzymes and magnesium. Is there anything else I can do to help

him absorb more calcium from his regular food?

Thanks!

Janice