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function of calcium for our body

Why do some people have strong bones, and some fragile and soft? Why some of us can take the strongest punches, like boxer do, and others break their bones falling out from their own bed?

There is a simple answer to that – the amount of calcium in your body. All structure of your bones, its construction depends on this factor of amount of calcium - the smaller the amount, the bigger the chance for you to break your bones.

What does it depends on? It depends on many factors. For example, when you are getting older, especially women, the levels of calcium in your body begin to get smaller, this happens because of changes in hormones. However, sometimes it happens that even in a young body the level of calcium starts to drop catastrophically.

The most common reason for that is an incorrect eating habit. It could be that the person does not get enough of calcium rich products or he/she uses too many so called “calcium killers” like caffeine, salt and red meat. In this case, you have to reduce the amount of the “calcium killers” you consume.

Doctor Stephen Greenspoon with the associates from the central hospital of the state of Massachusetts made the conclusion that the women, who suffer neurogenic anorexia (neurogenic anorexia - persistent tendency toward thinness by the prolonged goal-directed limitation in the food), are more subjected to the bone fractures. The study was conducted on 130 women with this illness (average age - 24 years). All patients underwent thorough medical examination. Results were stunning. Thinning bone tissue was revealed in 92% of patients, as a result of which bones became brittle, rose the risk of breaks. The greatest changes were detected at the breast and lumbar divisions of spine bone (about 50%).

So, if you want to lose weight and you are constantly limiting yourself in food, then you are in the risk category in having problems with your health and first of all - increased brittleness of the bones. For this not to happen, please use the food, rich in calcium:

-Milk, yogurt, fat free cheese;
-Cabbage, broccoli, spinach, vegetables with dark green leaves;
-Shrimps, lobsters, sturgeon, sardine, oyster;
-Nuts, especially almonds and Brazilian nut;

In order not to become the walking - wreck just after you turn 35, it is necessary to adhere to the rules given above, as well as to keep fit and add calcium to your ration.

posted by andre @ 5:16 AM