Coral Calcium Tea Bags - Sachets

Coral Calcium tea bags are a scam!  Not because coral calcium doesn't add bioavailable minerals to the water and make it alkaline, but because they're often sold by MLM companies that charge too much for their products. Let me explain. 

One coral calcium tea bag contains 1 gram of coral calcium granules.  That means they're charging $30 for about 30 grams!  This is an outrage and the main reason we entered the "good water" business.  We sell the most commonly sold coral calcium in the USA (used by the major supplement makers) for only $6 for a 30 gram bag which will treat up to hundreds of gallons of water per month!  Our initial testing revealed that even after 1 month and 300 gallons of water, the coral calcium at the bottom of our one gallon glass dispenser was still leaching plenty of bioavailable minerals into the water!  The concentration of minerals did diminish by almost 10% after one month and 300 gallons however.  SInce it's only $6 per bag, we recommend adding an additional 20 grams of coral calcium granules to your water dispenser once a month. After a year the bottom of your glass water dispenser might look a little bit like the bottom of a fish tank, but hey, who cares!  It's just coral calcium baby! 

Some coral calcium debunkers who mostly slam the powdered coral calcium that comes in pill form claim that coral calcium pills contain high levels of heavy metals and that taking calcium carbonate is just as useful.  I can't speak for all coral calcium types and brands on the market but I know this isn't so for the brand we sell!  Our supplier tests each incoming batch of coral calcium and provides us with the independent lab test results.  (See test results from our latest batch) Coral Calcium contains 73 minerals that are not found in calcium carbonate supplements. According to the National Research Council, 25 of the 73 are essential minerals, and 60 of these minerals are naturally found in human milk and blood indicating that they have unknown functions.  It is widely recognized that these trace minerals are often missing entirely from our soils and food in some locations so it makes sense to supplement.  Furthermore, we are not suggesting people ingest the coral calcium but rather use it to raise the pH of dead reverse osmosis water, that's it!  I also personally ingest coral calcium as a supplement by the way, just my personal choice however.

The minerals in Coral are found in an organic rather than elemental form.  Organic minerals are complexes which contain two or more chemical bonds with the mineral atom resulting in a higher absorption rate and greater biological activity in the tissues. 1

Many peer reviewed, published studies show that Calcium from Coral has superior absorption capabilities when compared to Calcium Carbonate.  In a small, but well controlled study, Dr. Kunihiko Ishitani of Japan reports superior absorption of calcium from Coral in food compared to calcium carbonate. 2   Other carefully controlled feeding studies performed at the Universities of Rukuyuku and Okinawa have shown calcium absorption from coral calcium in experimental animals was better than absorption of calcium from milk, hydroxiapatite or calcium carbonate. 3

The key to Coral Calcium is its mineral balance which assists Calcium?s effectiveness.  As regards the fight against osteoporosis, for example, Straise L. et al showed that a group receiving calcium together with trace minerals arrested bone loss compared to a control group which took Calcium alone(4).  A good body of science shows Calcium is more effective when taken with other minerals so as to provide a mineral balance (Heaney, Becker, and Weaver, 1990; Huliz, 1990; Beal and Scofield, 1995; Harvey, 1988).

A recent study from Japan even suggested Coral Calcium fights cancer by "activating natural killer (NK) cells and macrophages, thus resulting in preventing the proliferation of cancer cells.

Conclusion:  Yes, coral calcium has gotten a bad name due to unscrupulous marketers making unsubstantiated medical claims via infomercial's and the Internet. No, coral calcium will not raise your bodies pH levels and in the pill form may mostly pass right through your system unabsorbed.  We use coral calcium as part of our "good water" protocol because the actual coral itself (not the powder form put into capsules) actually leaches out beneficial calcium and other trace minerals that increase the pH of the highly processed "dead" reverse osmosis water we use to an alkaline state from a highly acidic state. We also supplement our "good water' with a proprietary water soluble mineral supplement (electrolytes) that works in conjunction with coral calcium to create the balance science suggests is beneficial for optimal hydration. 

1.  Defined, Measured Bio-availability key to Balanced Ration.  David Baker, Feedstuffs, 1997.
2.  Calcium Absorption from the Ingestion of Coral-Derived Calcium by Humans.?  Kunihiko Ishitani et al. National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.
3.  Nature?s Benefit from Coral Calcium, 2002, Stephen Holt, MD.
4.  Spinal Bone Loss in Post-Menopausal Women Supplemented with Calcium and Trace Minerals Straise L. et al., J of Nutr 124(7), July 1994.

Good Water Biz is a subsidiary of Ionic Zone - Las Vegas, NV - Skype # 702-425-4025 - Toll Free 800-549-9535

?2008 Good Water Biz Terms of Use ? Privacy Statement    Contact   About Us