Calcium is the most abundant mineral in
your body. It makes up about 2% of your total body weight.
Most of your calcium is in your bones - 98% of it. Another
1% is in your teeth and the last and perhaps the most
important 1% is in your blood. Even though the amount in
your blood isn’t much, it is important: If there isn’t
enough in your blood, your body takes the calcium it needs
from your bones!
Calcium is crucial for much more than
just your bones and you simply cannot function without it.
Calcium is needed to help regulate your heartbeat, control
your blood pressure, clot your blood, contract your
muscles and send messages along your nerves. It is also
needed to make different hormones and enzymes, especially
the ones that control your digestion, how you make energy
and how you digest fats. In addition calcium helps build
connective tissue.
We know that calcium is important for our bones. The
bottom line is this: If your bones are strong to begin
with, and if you keep giving them plenty of calcium as you
get older, you will help keep your bones strong throughout
your life. Even if osteoporosis has already begun, getting
enough calcium can slow it down. You need calcium to avoid
the crippling effect of brittle, easy breakable bones.
Additional Notes on Calcium:
1. Most people do not have side effects
from taking calcium, even in high doses. To be on the safe
side, do not take more than 2000 mg of calcium per day
(including from food and supplements).
2. Research on calcium and colon
cancer shows promise. In general, the lower your
calcium intake, the greater your risk of getting colon
cancer.
3. For years doctors warned those with
kidney stones to avoid calcium supplements. Recent
research says, in fact, the opposite may be true. Women
who had the highest intake of calcium were the least
likely to have kidney stones.
4. You need vitamin D and magnesium
with your calcium for the most from your calcium.
5. One Life’s Calcium Plus contains a
combination of calcium carbonate and calcium citrate.
6. The calcium combination found in
calcium from coral is calcium carbonate.
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