Milk vs Eggshell powder
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I've been drinking 2 quarts of milk daily for a while and while I have noticed a slightly calming effect from it, it doesn't even come close to the same, almost sedative, feeling I get after using eggshell powder. The anti-excitatory effect of calcium that Ray mentions about is super noticeable after even just 300-400mg of calcium (from ~1g of eggshell powder). Is this a common experience?
The milk I'm drinking tastes fine and digests well but this experience is making me doubt it's quality. Does anyone know of a reliable home test for milk quality? Or is lab testing the way to go?
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@zaaku Where did you buy eggshell powder? I'm interested in a source
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@Pooooop I made it at home
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@zaaku said in Milk vs Eggshell powder:
I've been drinking 2 quarts of milk daily for a while and while I have noticed a slightly calming effect from it, it doesn't even come close to the same, almost sedative, feeling I get after using eggshell powder. The anti-excitatory effect of calcium that Ray mentions about is super noticeable after even just 300-400mg of calcium (from ~1g of eggshell powder). Is this a common experience?
The milk I'm drinking tastes fine and digests well but this experience is making me doubt its quality. Does anyone know of a reliable home test for milk quality? Or is lab testing the way to go?
Maybe use a refractometer to check its Brix—a measurement of dissolved solids, i.e., sugars and minerals? I experience a calming effect from milk, but not eggshell powder, however, I have read several accounts like yours. In my case, it’s constipating and triggers migraines and more so when I make it at home, I think because I can’t get the powder fine enough with a coffee grinder for it to not irritate my intestines.
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@Pooooop, Amazon, Etsy and pet supply stores sell eggshell powder. I have this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Eggshell-Powder-Calcium-Supplement-Membrane/dp/B0BPR6XN39/ref=sr_1_2
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@Pooooop very easy: boil eggshells for a few minutes, remove the water and put them in the microwave or oven to dry them out. Then grind them into dust.
If you make boiled eggs you can probably skip the first step
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supplementing doesn't hold a candle to eating foods rich in calcium.
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@Ecstatic_Hamster But conceivably one can think of eggshell as precisely that, a food rich in calcium. Just because it's being used as a supplement doesn't make it less of a food--just take a look at my dog when I give her a whole egg. She treats it like it's cadbury. Crunchy and delicious.
I haven't tried eggshell powder yet but I need a non-dairy calcium source so I'm happy to hear this.
