Taste Test Tuesday: Viactiv Calcium Soft Chews
Get your daily calcium and satisfy your sweet tooth at the same time!
That's the first thing I thought when I tried Viactiv Calcium soft chews. They come in several flavors but I tried the Milk Chocolate (which is reminiscent of tootsie rolls) and the Caramel flavors. My favorite way to enjoy them is to put one Milk Chocolate chew and one Caramel chew in my mouth at the same time for more of a chocolate & caramel candy bar flavor. Hey, don't laugh, it works for me.
What these soft chews have going for it is 500 milligrams of calcium plus 100 IU vitamin D plus 40 micrograms vitamin K per chew. This computes to 50% of the Daily Value for calcium, 25% of the Daily Value for vitamin D and 50% of the Daily Value for vitamin K. The vitamin D is added because it is associated with boosting calcium's absorption and vitamin D and K are important to bone health in their own right as well. Vitamin D has a whole bunch of health promoting actions in the body but in terms of calcium, it helps calcium out at least 2 ways:
* it stimulates absorption of calcium from the GI tract
* it stimulates the kidneys to hold onto the calcium circulating and not excrete it.
Keep in mind the calcium in the chews (calcium carbonate) is better absorbed when you chew the chews close to the time you eat a meal. They also suggest people spread the chews out during different times of the day (if you are going to have more than one chew each day), which kind of goes against my whole chocolate & caramel trick. But honestly, I only think of taking them once a day, so it works best for me to take them together.
My Personal Tip:
Keep the Viactiv container front and center on your kitchen counter! It serves as a visual reminder to take your daily calcium.
Each chew also contains 20 calories and .5 grams of fat and 3 grams of
sugar, which is why I said it could help satisfy your sweet tooth!
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Top 10 Calcium Rich Foods, Vitamins: Test Your Supplement Savvy
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That's the first thing I thought when I tried Viactiv Calcium soft chews. They come in several flavors but I tried the Milk Chocolate (which is reminiscent of tootsie rolls) and the Caramel flavors. My favorite way to enjoy them is to put one Milk Chocolate chew and one Caramel chew in my mouth at the same time for more of a chocolate & caramel candy bar flavor. Hey, don't laugh, it works for me.What these soft chews have going for it is 500 milligrams of calcium plus 100 IU vitamin D plus 40 micrograms vitamin K per chew. This computes to 50% of the Daily Value for calcium, 25% of the Daily Value for vitamin D and 50% of the Daily Value for vitamin K. The vitamin D is added because it is associated with boosting calcium's absorption and vitamin D and K are important to bone health in their own right as well. Vitamin D has a whole bunch of health promoting actions in the body but in terms of calcium, it helps calcium out at least 2 ways:
* it stimulates absorption of calcium from the GI tract
* it stimulates the kidneys to hold onto the calcium circulating and not excrete it.
Keep in mind the calcium in the chews (calcium carbonate) is better absorbed when you chew the chews close to the time you eat a meal. They also suggest people spread the chews out during different times of the day (if you are going to have more than one chew each day), which kind of goes against my whole chocolate & caramel trick. But honestly, I only think of taking them once a day, so it works best for me to take them together.
My Personal Tip:
Keep the Viactiv container front and center on your kitchen counter! It serves as a visual reminder to take your daily calcium.
Each chew also contains 20 calories and .5 grams of fat and 3 grams of
sugar, which is why I said it could help satisfy your sweet tooth!
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Top 10 Calcium Rich Foods, Vitamins: Test Your Supplement Savvy
Technorati Tags: viactiv, calcium, calciumchews, vitamins, bonehealth
3 Comments:
What's the sugar content?
Oops! Just re-read and noticed the sugar content. Still too much for my low glycemic ways.
I love these chews but what about the "patially hydrogenated vegetable oil"?
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