Throughout my life I have gotten calcium deposits just below my right eye. I don't believe that they are causing any problems, they are just simply a small blemish. They appear only under my right eye, no where else. I have always just waited them out, and they would disappear. Is there any way to avoid getting them, or of treating them? I do seem to drink alot of milk, and eat plenty of vegetables. My diet is calcium rich, can I possibly be getting too much? Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
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Re: Calcium Deposits
Posted by Walt Stoll on September 04, 1998 at 10:10:27:
In Reply to: Calcium Deposits posted by Matt Wellner on September 03, 1998 at 00:01:20:
Dear Matt,
The odds are that your lesions are only those that are highly visable. The same thing is likely happening internally where you can't see them.
What matters is NOT how much calcium you ingest but the calcium/phosphorus ratio of what you take in. The higher your phosphorus intake, the less calcium you will have in your blood (AND the more calcium that will be inappropriately deposited in your skin, arteries, joints, etc).
By the way, dairy products are VERY high in phosphorus in relationship to calcium. HUMAN milk has the opposite ratio (just like human blood). Cow's blood has a very high phosphorus and low calcium. Is it any wonder that cow's milk has the same ratio as their blood (the opposite of human milk & blood)? Think about it.
To actually determine how high the calcium intake (of usable calcium) you have, you would have to make a list of the things you eat most often & take it to the library reference section. Ask the librarian for the book that has the mineral breakdowns of foods. You want foods that are high in calcium and low in phosphorus. Anything that has as much as 1/2 as much phosphorus as calcium would actually reduce your usable calcium & increase the inappropriate deposits of calcium. The normal ratio in human blood is about 3 parts calcium to one part phosphorus. ANY food that has less calcium than that (in relationship to the phosphorus) would actually steal calcium from your healthy physiology.
Let us know what you learn.
Walt