# is calmax any good?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calmax-any-good/78327>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 27, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calmax-any-good/78327 "2001-08-27T15:10:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calmax-any-good/78327/1 "2001-08-27T15:10:50Z")

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i saw the infomershal the other day and i was wondering if it really worked?

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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calmax-any-good/78327/2 "2001-08-27T15:41:19Z")

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I assume that [this](http://www.mpdirect.com/products/calmax/calmax.html) is what you are talking about?

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> Ingredients: Calcium gluconate 400 mg, magnesium carbonate 200 mg, vitamin C 500 mg and unsweetened lemon juice powder.

If this is all it contains, then I would say **yes** it works because calcium, magnesium & vitamin C are all necessary nutrients. In my eyes this is nothing more than a nutritional suppliment that you shouldn’t need if you are eating a well rounded diet, because you should be getting all of those things already. And if you _are_ deficient, why not just take a multivitamin?

At $80.00 for 20 ounces of CalMax, I say just go munch on some spinach & have an orange.