
Seaweed Calcium for Dogs and Cats
Seaweed Calcium for dogs and cats is a natural source of highly bioavailable calcium. This is a wonderful product for all the home-preparers out there and a great alternative to less bioavailable sources of calcium like bone meal, inorganic calcium carbonate or egg shells. Other calcium sources, like bone meal, can also have a higher lead content in addition to being less nutritious. An animal's digestive system is not designed to obtain its dietary calcium requirements from rock. This type of calcium, unfortunately used in the majority of calcium supplements offered to consumers, is poorly absorbed. In addition, magnesium is needed to move the calcium into the bone. Without magnesium the calcium will accumulate on blood vessel walls leading to a condition known as atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Numerous studies have shown that this condition is not as likely to occur with plant-based calcium sources that contain a variety of minerals and in fact it has been shown that bo