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Calcium: Learn About Calcium In Your Diet
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Calcium: Calcium In Your Diet
In general, children need about 800mg of calcium per day.
Adolescents should have a minimum of 1000mg each day,
adult women 1200mg, pregnant or breastfeeding women need
about 1500mg per day, as do women who have reached
menopause. Adult men should have between 1000mg and
1200mg or calcium per day.
It takes a balance among the other minerals, vitamins,
enzymes, and hormones, for the calcium to be absorbed
by our bodies where and how it is needed.
Where does it go when it cannot be absorbed? It ends up in
our joints and tissues. All that extra calcium that the body
does
not absorb can form hard deposits. Causing irritation and
inflammation in our back, elbows, knees, shoulders, hips,
feet, hands, and other joints causing pain and stiffness.
They also build up in the soft tissues of our bodies. Gall-
bladders, brain, ears, kidneys, kidneys, muscles, and arteries,
making our bodies slow down, become diseased and stop.
Some of the most painful crippling cases of arthritis have
been due to this very common mineral imbalance. We need
to look at some ways to balance calcium out. One of the major
ways is to check how much calcium we are taking in with our
nutrition and supplements.
Many Doctors and nutritionist are finding that we need to take
in less calcium and more magnesium, equalizing there
calcium/magnesium ratio.
Minerals that need used in conjunction with Calcium:
Magnesium is also important to the building of bones. Mag-
nesium works in making a hormone that helps absorb the
calcium more readily into the bones and teeth.
Vitamin D is a key element in the absorption of calcium. If the
body can't absorb the calcium, it can't use it. Vitamin D also
partners with a variety of other vitamins and minerals in the
processes that result in bone mineralization.
Phosphorus is important to bone structure and health. 85% of
the phosphorus in our bodies is found in our bones and teeth.
Phosphorus and calcium work together to build bones, and
both must be present in adequate amounts. Adults need
between 700mg to 900mg of phosphorus per day, and
children - depending on age and size - should have
between 500mg to 1250mg per day.
Food sources are the best place to start in getting calcium and
the
other minerals needed, before you ever consider taking a supplement.
With that said, many people need supplements today because our
foods
do not contain enough minerals as they used to.
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