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Calcium
DRI (RDA or AI for Adults)
- Under age 51: 1,000 mg. 51 years and older: 1,200 mg.
Adult Maintenance - Therapeutic Range
Major Sources (450 mg to 100 mg per serving)
- Lowfat yogurt, sardines w/bones, blackstrap molasses, nonfat milk,
whole milk, cheese (Swiss, provolone, cheddar, American, cottage),
almonds, spinach, tofu, filberts, Brazil nuts, soynuts, collard greens.
Non-Therapeutic Importance
- Builds and maintains bones and teeth; essential in clotting
of blood; influences transmission of ions across cell membranes; required in nerve
transmission and muscle contraction.
Deficiency Symptoms
- Osteomalacia
- Osteoporosis
- Parathyroid hyperplasia
- Stunted growth
- Tetany
Increased Risk for Deficiency
- Achlorhydria
- Decreased GI transit time
- Fat malabsorption
- High-fiber diets
- High-protein diets
- Immobilization
- Long-term dietary inadequacy
- Older women
- Pregnancy and lactation
- Stress
- Teenagers
- Vitamin D deficiency
Possible Therapeutic Applications
CONSULT WITH A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL FIRST:
Supplementation may prevent, correct deficiencies caused by, or be helpful with,
the following conditions:
- Aging
- Allergies (allergic rhinitis, hay fever)
- Anxiety
- Asthma
- Atherosclerosis (heart disease)
- Cancer - colon
- Celiac Disease
- Crohn's Disease
- Diabetes
- Eating Disorders (anorexia, bulimia)
- Gallstones (cholelithiasis)
- Hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol)
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Immunodepression (immune function)
- Inflammation (including bursitis)
- Learning Disorders (including ADHD)
- Memory Loss (Alzheimer's disease, dementia)
- Menopause
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Osteoporosis
- Periodontal Disease
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Ulcerative Colitis
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