ActiveComplex ® Calcium + D3 + K Bones strong and flexible Calcium is a mineral vital for strengthening bones. In fact, 99% of our body contains calcium that is stored in the skeleton. Scientific studies have clearly shown that a high calcium intake during the years of a young woman helps strengthen your bones, creating bone mass. From infancy to adolescence while our bones grow and mature between 30 and 35 years there seems to be a balance between creating and bone decay, which is what scientists call bone mass climax. Bone loss related to age Having reached this level our bones begin to slowly deteriorate. Both men and women lose between 0.3% and 0.7% of their bone mass every year, but apart from this loss related to age, women lose 0.6% due to menopause, reaching a bone loss totaling approximately 1% Bioavailability: calcium carbonate + Vitamins D3 and K ActiveComplex ® Calcium + D3 + K also contains calcium carbonate, vitamin D3 and K. The calcium carbonate is one of the purest sources that exist, but most importantly, ensure its absorption by the body. Vitamin D3 increases their assimilation into the small intestine. Finally, the bones are formed by a mesh of protein which are deposited on crystals of calcium forming a structure that is constantly changing, that is formed and eroded. Vitamin K helps calcium is fixed more firmly on this protein mesh. Food habits wrong, snuff, excessive alcohol consumption, taking certain medications, as well as non-practicing physical activity on a regular basis, can raise levels of calcium needed by our body. ActiveComplex ® Calcium + D3 + K is also a preparation with tablets with mild mint scent, easy to swallow. They can also be chewed or crushed and dissolved in water or other liquid food.