How much calcium were you told to take?

[fezik23 240]

Just that question. I was told 1200 mg/day in divided doses. I'm wondering about what kind of instructions others have received.

[Kissifur 244]

1500 mg through out the day. I take 3/ 500 mg chewables about 2 hours a part.

Edited August 14, 2014 by Kissifur

[alwaysvegas 702]

1200-1500 mg spread out over the day. And not to take Calcium at the same time as Iron as they apparently negatively affect each other's absorption.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Two chewable 600 mg Calcium (with D3) pills at different times, but at separate times from the chewable Multivitamin.

[Pkdvm 175]

500 mg calcium citrate 3 times daily- not to be taken within 1 hour of Multivitamin containing Iron

[Bufflehead 6,358]

My team is okay with me getting 1500 mg of Calcium -- either calcium citrate in supplemental form or from my diet. I track my calcium on MFP and usually get at least 1000 mg from my diet, so supplement the other 500 mg.

[itsmekarenlee 129]

Age 50 and under 1000 mg calcium citrate, 1500 mg for over age 50

[Kindle 8,667]

I was told 500mg 3 times/day. But I actually only took 500-1000mg once/day probably 5 days a week. My Calcium was actually high on my 6 month labs, so I don't take a supplement anymore. I eat a lot of dairy and drink a lot of milk, so We'll see where my levels are in another 5 months.

[Forsythia 882]

None. Swearsies! But I tend to eat a lot of dairy so most days I am over Calcium goal. I was told to take a B-12, Pre-natal and Vitamin D because I'm deficient in Vitamin D.