How To Make Eggshell Calcium

Eggshell calcium is a GREAT way to get extra calcium in your diet!  It's a great use for your discarded eggshells, which makes it inexpensive.  The process of making eggshell calcium is also very simple, easy and fast.  And eggshell calcium contains trace minerals like zinc, magnesium, etc.

To see a tutorial, watch this video:

To make:

Rinse 12 discarded eggshells really well...make sure you get all the leftover egg out of them, but DO leave the membrane in the shell, as it has nutritional benefits.

After rinsing, boil the eggshells in a big pot of water for 10 minutes.  This will remove possible pathogens that can cause sickness.  ;-)

While boiling the eggshells, preheat oven to 200 degrees F.

After eggshells are done boiling, remove them from the pot of water and drain.

Then put the eggshells onto a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.  The eggshells will be nice and crunchy/crispy after you take them out of the oven.

After letting the eggshells cool, grind them up into a fine powder in a blender or a coffee grinder.

You can store your eggshell calcium in an airtight container.

1/2 teaspoon of eggshell calcium powder is about 400 mg of calcium.

You can take eggshell calcium with food or water.

Eggshell calcium is really, really good for pets too!  Find out from your vet if your pet can have it and how much of a dose you should supplement your pet's diet with.

Thank you for watching the video and reading this!  Have you ever used eggshell calcium before?