The benefits of coral calcium have been known to some for centuries. Coral calcium's benefits have been made famous by the farmers and residents of Okinawa in Japan. Feeding coral calcium to their chickens and their cattle, they get twice as many eggs and twice as many gallons of milk than the average chicken or cow produce elsewhere. Feeding coral calcium to themselves, they have attained an average life expectancy of 105. The benefits of coral calcium for them also extend to a more youthful appearance, more energy right into very old age, and vastly fewer ravages of old age including diseases that people in the modernized Western world take for granted: Alzheimer's, cancer, osteoporosis.

The benefits of coral calcium stem from this sea-substance's great abundance of minerals. Coral calcium contains 74 minerals. Coral consists of pre-digested ionized oceanic minerals that have been secreted by tiny sea creatures. Since these minerals have all been predigested and ionized, they are easy for the human body to absorb into the blood and tissues once they are digested. Minerals are extremely important for optimal human health.

Minerals increase the metabolism by acting synergistically with vitamins, glucose, enzymes, fats, and proteins to catalyze them and break them down into the usable chemical complexes that the body truly needs. In this way, minerals and coral calcium contribute to a healthy weight--and therefore weight loss if it is necessary--and they make the human body far healthier and able to stave off aging for much longer. Minerals also interact synergistically with each other, so the more you get at one time the better. Seventy-four minerals at once is a great abundance of minerals.

Minerals greatly contribute to the creation of an internal bodily environment that is more alkaline than acidic. A more alkaline body, which is what we are by our nature (natural human body ph is 7.4), readily resists a vast array of pathogens and potential diseases that need heavy amounts of acid to thrive--this includes cancer.

The calcium component of coral calcium in particular strengthens the electricity of the heart and all of the body's muscles. We already know well how calcium also enhances the strength of teeth and bones, preventing tooth decay and osteoporosis. In fact, orthopedic surgeons use coral for bone grafts because the body readily takes it and accepts it. And, calcium seems to play a strong role in DNA replication.

If you want to get the benefits of coral calcium and seek to take a supplement, make sure you take one that includes at least 400 mg of vitamin D along with each calcium capsule. Vitamin D interacts with calcium and allows the body to absorb it into cells and tissues. Without vitamin D, calcium intake is largely useless. In the case of coral calcium, this would mean that a great deal of the minerals never get absorbed by the body. The body naturally takes in vitamin D from the sunlight as well as fish, meat, eggs, and fortified milk.