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Calcium Benefits for Health

The Benefits of Calcium For Health

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Calcium daily requirement

Calcium is a chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. Atom has a mass of 40 078 amu. Calcium is one of the alkaline earth metal, and is the fifth most neglected element in the earth. Calcium is also the fifth most neglected ions in sea water in terms of molarity and mass, after sodium, chloride, magnesium, and sulfate.

1. Calcium is the most abundant mineral needed by the body.

The daily requirement of calcium is 800 mg for adults over 25 years old and 1,000 mg after age 50 years. Pregnant and lactating women should consume 1,200 mg of calcium per day. Calcium needs of children and adolescents increases with age:
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     S.d. old baby 5 months: 400 mg
     Infants 6 months s.d. 1 year: 600 mg
     Children aged 1 s.d. 10 years: 800 mg
     Teens ages 11 s.d. 24 years: 1,200 mg

2. Approximately 99% of calcium is in the bone tissue and teeth, the rest are in the blood and body cells.

3. Benefits of Calcium for the Body

Calcium is a mineral that is essential for humans, such as the metabolism of the body, connecting the nerves, heart action, and muscle movement.

Here are some of the benefits of calcium for body:

     activate neural
     Blood circulation
     muscle flexing
     Normalize blood pressure
     Balancing blood acidity
     Maintain body fluid balance
     Preventing osteoporosis (brittle bones)
     Prevent heart disease
     Lowers colon cancer risk
     Overcoming cramps, back pain, hemorrhoids, and rheumatic
     Address complaints during menstruation and menopause
     Minimize bone loss during pregnancy and lactation
     Mineralization of teeth and helps prevent tooth root bleeding
     Cope with dry and cracked skin of the feet and hands on
     Restoring libido decreased / weakened
     Overcoming diabetes (activates pancreas)

After age 20, the human body will begin to experience a shortage of calcium as much as 1% per year. And after age 50 years, the amount of calcium in the body will shrink as much as 30%. Loss will reach 50% when reaching the age of 70 years and beyond having calcium deficiency problems.

Early symptoms of calcium deficiency is like lethargy, a lot of sweat, anxiety, shortness of breath, decreased endurance, poor appetite, constipation, diarrhea-diarrhea, insomnia, cramps, and so on.

4. Too much calcium can be harmful to the body.
The body can not absorb calcium when it does not have enough magnesium and phosphorus. Magnesium and calcium phosphorus change shape so it can be absorbed by the body. Calcium and magnesium circulated by the body through the albumin in the blood. Too much calcium will make magnesium urgency of albumin that is not channeled through the blood and the body will be deficient in magnesium. 

When body have not get enough magnesium, calcium kidney can not process that can occur precipitate kidney stones. In addition to phosphorus and magnesium, vitamin D, zinc and iron are also needed in the processing of calcium and can be driven by the role of calcium overload. Consumption of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin D, zinc and iron must be balanced to keep the body healthy.

     Excessive drinking and heavy exercise can get rid of a lot of calcium and magnesium from the body. Add calcium intake after work and heavy exercise. Do not drink excessively.

     Calcium supplements are usually not needed if your daily consumption contain enough calcium-rich foods. Here are a few servings of food and calcium content:
         One cup of milk (350 mg)
         A glass of orange juice (290 mg)
         One slice of cheese (200-250 mg)
         A slice of pizza (230 mg)
         Can of sardines (185 mg)
         Symmetric ice cream (90 mg)
         A cup of broccoli (76 mg)
         Large piece of tofu (258 mg)

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