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VITAMINS & MINERALS?
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MINERAL: CALCIUM
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body making up as much 2.2% of an adults body weight. Calcium helps stabilize bodily functions and acts as a natural tranquilizer, in addition to being though to prevent bowel cancer. Its absorption and functions are highly tied to those of magnesium and phosphorus.
About 99% of the bodies calcium is located in bones and teeth with the remaining 1% circulating in the bloodstream. The calcium in our bone and teeth is made up of a crystalline matrix known as hydroxyapatite, in a radio of 3 calcium to 2 phosphate.
This macromineral is found in a variety of foods but is in its highest concentration in milk and bone. Since calcium is very important for the bodies various functions, any deficiency in diet will lead to the body re-absorbing it from bones and teeth, which may lead to osteoporosis, rickets, may increase the likelihood of gum disease, deafness and cataracts.
Having excessive calcium in your body may be caused by a number of factors including high sodium, protein or carbohydrate diet, phosphate deprivation, cortisol and synthetic glucocorticoids, thyroid and growth hormones. Symptoms of excess calcium are kidney stones, nausea and constipation but luckily the body can easily excrete calcium.
Calcium is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
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References
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The Vitamin Alphabet: Your Guide to Vitamins, Minerals and Food Supplements
by Christina Scott-Moncrieff
All in color! Make sure that you are getting all the vitamins and nutrients you need! Written by a physician who uses both conventional and homeopathic medicines, this must-have guide is a handbook for good health. More than 50 nutritional supplements are presented with explanations of what they do, what they can be combined with for enhanced effect, in which foods they can be found, and the recommended daily allowances. Recipes for quick nutritional boosts, case studies, and deficiency checklists are included. In addition to providing information on such common supplements as Vitamins C, A, D, E, and the B-complexes and important minerals like calcium, potassium, iron, and zinc, this authoritative reference also features information on common herbal supplements, including garlic, echinacea, ginseng, and ginkgo biloba. A cross-referenced lifestyles section highlights the special supplement needs for pregnancy, child development, athletics, immune system boosting, and mor
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The Columbia Encyclopedia of Nutrition
by Brian L. G. Morgan, Jaime Rozovski, Myron Winick (Editor), Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition (Corporate Author)
Useful sourcebook from the Institute of Human Nutrition of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons provides an authoritative compendium of information relating to a wide variety of topics. Short articles, alphabetically arranged, proffer concise and up-to-date discussions of such subjects as food additives, vegetarianism, vitamin deficiencies, food processing, sources of iron, macrobiotic diets and nutrient requirements during pregnancy. Not all the articles are about nutrition, however, and there are lucid writings on related topics like stress and exercise. Welcome dietary recommendations are given without pep talks or filler, and the evenhanded work doesn't take a dogmatic approach to controversial issues. In its entry on vitamin C, for example, the book states that "there are no definitive answers about consuming large doses," citing one study demonstrating that the vitamin supplement reduces the severity of the common cold and another study that was unable to prove any differences between those taking and those abstaining from the supplement.
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