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kmud-110715-hair-loss-inflammation-osteoporosis — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview kmud-110715-hair-loss-inflammation-osteoporosis. The excerpt begins at 51:43 and runs for 42 seconds.

And that quarter teaspoon is smaller than most calcium pills you swallow. And there have been chemical analyses of comparing eggshells to the commercial calcium supplements, and they find that the lowest concentration of toxic heavy metals is in eggshells. Oyster shells are the next cleanest, but even they have slightly more of the toxic heavy metals. Because naturally as mammals we accumulate heavy metals and things we want out of our circulation in our bones, and so if you're taking a calcium supplement that's from an animal's bones, then you could essentially be poisoning yourself.