VEGALYSIS

Minerals

Calcium (serum) — optimal range for vegans & vegetarians

Blood calcium level (homeostatically stable).

Optimal range

8.8–10.2 mg/dL

How a value is read

Deficient< 8.5 mg/dL
Below optimal8.5 – 8.8 mg/dL
Optimal8.8 – 10.2 mg/dL
Above optimal10.2 – 10.6 mg/dL
Markedly high> 10.6 mg/dL

Bands are given in the marker's canonical unit; values in other units are converted automatically.

Why it matters on a plant-based diet

Important: serum calcium is tightly regulated and does NOT reflect calcium intake or bone health. Bone status is assessed via PTH + vitamin D.

A single marker decides nothing

Deficiencies mask one another: high folate hides low B12, inflammation inflates ferritin, low zinc mimics iron deficiency. VEGALYSIS reads the whole picture and explains the links.

Analyse my labs

Units

  • mg/dL
  • mmol/L× 4.008 → mg/dL

VEGALYSIS accepts any of these units and converts the value to the canonical one.

Names seen on lab reports

calcium · ca · кальций

Sources

Related markers

Educational material; not a substitute for a clinician's advice.