IS CALCIUM CARBONATE BETTER IN THIS FORM?

Hi, I'm looking into the Isotonic Calcium, which is a powdered calcium, because I can't stand these huge horse pills I have to chew. Barabara Thompson swears by this line, she had the suegery and has written a very good book on her experience. I noticed her cacium was CARBONATE, so I e-mailed her. This was her response, "Calcium carbonate has the most elemental calcium which is the amount of usable calcium in a product. So if we could take calcium carbonate it would be better for us. The problem is that it requires gastric juices in order to be absorbed. We have little or no gastric juice, so we would normally take citrate because it does not require gastric juice. However it is much lower in elemental calcium. Isotonix calcium is in a powdered base and when mixed with water it ionizes and releases all of the elemental calcium so that it is ready to be absorbed even before it passes your lips. It allows us to absorb the higher elemental calcium(carbonate) without the need for gastric juice." So with all that said what are your thoughts on this product? It's so confusing with so many opinions and I want to do the right thing. My doctor told me to take tums which I know is the wrong thing.

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