Calcium, What’s The Big Deal?
The big question about Calcium, exactly what is Calcium and why is Calcium so important to you and I? What is Calcium?
99% of our body’s total calcium is stores in the bones and teeth. Different Types of Calcium, Which is Best? There’s Calcium citrate, Calcium phosphate, Calcium Gluconate, Calcium Carbonate, and e.t.c. Calcium phosphate has an elemental weight of 31-38% whilst Calcium carbonate has an elemental weight of 40%. Let’s use Calcium Carbonate (Most common form of Calcium found in the market) as an example, if you take 500mg of Calcium carbonate, only 200mg of elemental Calcium is available for absorption. For every liter of petrol, Petrol X contains 20% petrol whilst Petrol Y contains 40% petrol. The same goes to us, our body can only utilize elemental Calcium, and therefore, Calcium Carbonate is one of the better choices of Calcium supplements to take, said Darcy Dal.
Vitamin D & Calcium Absorption
Taking Calcium alone is not as effective taking calcium with a good dose of Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps improve Calcium absorption. Vitamin D is the key to opening this door to allow calcium into your body and from there allows the body to utilize the Calcium.
Calcium and Food Fortification
To help solve the calcium crisis, a wide variety of calcium-fortified foods and beverages are becoming available, said Dr Jenny Tylee. Both the level of calcium added and the specific foods and beverages fortified with calcium are arbitrary. What are the functions of calcium?
Calcium is essential to: Calcium deficiency is usually due to an inadequate intake of calcium. What are the problems with calcium-fortified foods?
Many calcium-fortified foods and beverages such as juices, spreads/margarines, snack foods, and water are not nutritionally equivalent to foods, which are naturally rich in calcium. Other concerns associated with some calcium-fortified foods and beverages relate to: Factors that facilitate the absorption of calcium include:
Increasing calcium but not magnesium intakes, has caused a nationwide imbalance in optimal calcium to magnesium ratios. Food, especially food naturally containing calcium, is the first priority in meeting calcium needs. For individuals who, for one reason or another, are unable to eat calcium rich food, calcium-fortified foods and/or calcium supplements in a balanced formula can be consumed to achieve adequate calcium intake. What are adequate intakes of calcium?
Calcium is an important mineral for health.
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