Calcium is the most important nutrient in our body. As the most abundant mineral it has several imortant functions. More than 99% of calcium is sotred in our bones and teeth, where it supports their structure.
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Functions of Calcium:- A few of calcium functins are muscle contration, blood vessel contraction and expansion, the secretion of hormones and enzymes and sending messages through the nervous system.
Bone is a living tissue through out our life cycle. Bones are continuously breaking down and being formed at the same time. This process of remodeling involves a constant breaking down of bone ( resorption) and deposition of calcium into newly deposited bone. The balance between bone resorption and deposition changes as you age. When you are a child there is higher amount of bone formation and less break down. In early and middle adulthood, these processes are relatively equal. As an going adult, particularly among postmenopausal women, bone break down exceeds its formation, resulting in bone loss, which increases risk for osteoporosis.
Recent clinical studies shows that if you supplement to build bone as children, its like depositing " money in the bank " for your old age. Bone loss is inevitable for women and men as we age, but if you stated out with a large account it helps later in life. In other words, osteoporosis is larlgely preventable.
Calcium Deficiency:- Calcium deficiency is usually due to inadequate supply or a failure in metabolism of calcium. When blood calcium levels drop too low, the vital mineral is borrowed from the bones. It is return to the bones from calcium supplied through the diet. If an individuals diet is low in calcium, there may not be sufficient amounts of the elelment available in the blood to be returned to the bones.
Reasons for calcium deficiency:- 1) Women menopause, family history of osteoporosis, obesity, smoking, alcohol, high salt, completely non veg diet, low protien, low calcium diet.
Prepared and Presented by Smt.Swarupakrishna, Member Ist Batch
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