Calcium and Aging

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Calcium and Aging

Copyright 2006 PillFreeVitamins.com

As you age your calcium needs change. You start needing

more of the types of foods rich with calcium to stay

strong. Recently, researchers created a new Food Pyramid

for people over a certain age. It informs us that eating at

least three servings of calcium-rich foods to meet the

daily requirements of calcium and Vitamin D is needed for

people over a certain age.

After a certain age, more calcium is needed to prevent the

bone disorder called osteoporosis. This disease affects

more than 28 million Americans, and 80% of that are women.

Calcium is important in keeping your bones healthy. As you

age, you lose important minerals in your bones. Bones start

to get thinner and break more easily. Keep your bones

strong by eating calcium-rich foods, such as milk, cheese,

broccoli, dried beans and peas. Orange juice is also a good

source of calcium.

Vitamin D helps absorb calcium in the body. It is found in

fluids and dried milk and cereal. Your body makes its own

Vitamin D when your skin is exposed to sunlight.

Take a walk or sit in the sun every day for a few minutes,

several times a week. This is important in the winter when

there is less sunlight. By doing this you are making sure

you have enough Vitamin D to absorb calcium.

Exercise is also needed for good bone health. Take a walk

or ride a bike, yoga, anything that gets you moving and out

of the house. Do heavy jobs around the house that you are

able to do, what ever you do, just do something that keeps

you up and about for as long as you are able.

By doing all of this you are able to keep your bones

muscles and blood safe and calcium healthy, and are also

keeping your vitamin D levels high enough to work with your

calcium absorption.

Calcium

Calcium is important to having a healthy body. Your body

needs it every day not just to keep your bones and teeth

strong over time, but to keep your muscles and nerves

working as well. It even helps your blood clot.

Most people think they are getting enough calcium everyday,

but, they are not, they are actually lacking calcium. Low

calcium is usually caused by not enough calcium in foods.

When blood calcium levels drop too low, your body takes

calcium from your bones.

It is returned to the bones from calcium supplied from the

food you eat. The average person loses 400 to 500mg of

calcium per day. If the food you eat is low in calcium,

there may not be good amounts of calcium available in the

blood to be returned to the bones to keep your bones and

body strong.

Taking calcium regularly everyday is important in

preventing and treating low calcium. So how much daily

calcium do you need? How much do you get? Everyone has

different amounts of needed calcium, but what you eat

sometimes doesn’t fit the amount you need.

The foods you eat and the exercise you do all has to do

with calcium. If you’re eating food with low calcium then

you are taking away from your natural calcium resource and

not giving it back. Calcium is in a lot of foods, and

finding the types of foods isn’t hard.

There are vitamins you can take to keep your calcium levels

up, but without food to help, you are only getting a small

amount of the needed calcium. Calcium is used all over your

body; it is used to contract your muscles, which is

important because without calcium your heart would stop

beating.

It is used in your bones and teeth, your blood, and the

stuff that is found between cells. If your calcium was

taken out you would die. Keeping a good calcium level is

important. How ever, having too high of calcium is also a

risk.

If you have too much calcium you could end up with severe

problems. Women who are pregnant have to be careful of

taking too much calcium because it could cause birth

defects such as extra fingers or toes on the infant.

About the Author:

Godlewski is a self-made millionaire and is

currently working with the staff at PillFreeVitamins.com

Has an extensive background in nutrition as well as other

health related fields.

For more health-related articles see their website at:

http://www.pillfreevitamins.com