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Calcium and calcium supplements: Achieving the right balance
If you take calcium supplements and eat calcium-fortified foods, you may be getting more calcium than you realize. Check food and supplement labels to monitor how much total calcium you're getting a day and whether you're achieving the RDA but not exceeding the recommended upper limit.
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Vitamins and minerals - Calcium - NHS
Calcium has several important functions. These include: helping build bones and keep teeth healthy; regulating muscle contractions, including your heartbeat; making sure blood clots normally; A lack of calcium could lead to a condition called rickets in children, and osteomalacia or osteoporosis in later life. Sources of calcium. Sources of ...
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Calcium: What It Does and How Much You Need
Calcium is an essential mineral that is the key to healthy bones and teeth. How much calcium you need per day depends on your age and sex assigned at birth.
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Calcium - Health Professional Fact Sheet - Office of Dietary ...
Calcium overview for health professionals. Research health effects, dosing, sources, deficiency symptoms, side effects, and interactions here.
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Benefits and sources of calcium - Medical News Today
This article looks at why the body needs calcium, which foods are rich in calcium, what happens if the body does not have enough, and the pros and cons of taking supplements.
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Calcium-rich food chooser - Royal Osteoporosis Society
Calcium gives your bones the strength and hardness they need to cope with your everyday activities. Most people can get enough calcium in their diet alone. There are plenty of calcium-rich foods. Your body contains about one kilogram of calcium - 99% of this is in your bones.
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