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Calcium: "Just The Facts"
Your need for calcium starts before you are born and extends throughout your lifetime. The sad fact is, most people today are consuming fewer calcium-rich dairy products and vegetables. The most recent government survey of the eating habits of Americans confirms that most people are not getting enough calcium.
From birth until about age 18, your bones are forming and growing. Calcium is essential to this process.
During late adolescence, through young adulthood, adult bone is formed and reaches its maximum strength and density. The calcium that you provide to your bones when you are young determines how well they will hold up later in life. By age 35 your bones are about as strong as they are ever going to be.
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Coral Calcium and Childbearing
No matter what age a woman is when she becomes pregnant, calcium is very important to both the mother and the baby. Calcium from the mother's body is used by the developing baby, putting increased demands on the mother's supply. Additional calcium should be consumed for both the mother's and baby's health.
Based on an analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association there is evidence that increasing calcium intake can help maintain normal blood pressure in pregnant women.(1) Pregnancy-induced high blood pressure is a serious complication that can put both mother and child at risk.
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VitaPurity Coral Calcium and Menopause
When a woman enters menopause, her body produces much less of the female hormone estrogen. Loss of estrogen increases the risk of osteoporosis. Recent studies have shown that estrogen and calcium are up to three times more effective in building bone than estrogen alone! The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends that women make certain they get adequate daily calcium intake to make hormone replacement therapy and other prescription osteoporosis medications work more effectively.
Let's not forget that men are also vulnerable to osteoporosis and need to consume adequate calcium throughout their older years to prevent further bone loss, and in their younger years to achieve peak bone mass.
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Did You Know ...
Additional calcium intake may actually lower your risk for kidney stones. The largest study ever conducted on calcium and kidney stones, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1993, and another published in 1997, showed that daily calcium intake above 850 mg actually decreased the incidence of symptomatic kidney stones!(2)
Make sure you drink plenty of fluids to help lower your risk for stones. And keep taking VitaPurity Coral Calcium with Vitamin D3. Remember, failing to get enough calcium could increase the risk of stones.(3)
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This article is for information purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. You should consult with a physician or other health-care professional familiar with nutrition, prevention, and related health issues. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
References
(1.) Bucher, H.C., et al., "Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension and Preeclampsia: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials," Journal of the American Medical Association, 275:14, 1996.
(2.) Curhan, G.C. et al., "A Prospective Study of Dietary Calcium and Other Nutrients and the Risk of Symptomatic Kidney Stones," New England Journal of Medicine, 328:833-838, 1993.
(3.) Sakhaee, K. et al., "Limited Risk of Kidney Stone Formation During Long-Term Calcium Citrate Supplementation in Nonstone Forming Subjects," Journal of Urology, 152:324-327, 1994.
(4.) The International Conference on Progress in Bone and Mineral Research, "Vitamin D and Intestinal Calcium Transport: Facts, Speculations and Hypotheses," American Institute of Nutrition, 1995.
(5.) Johnson, J.A. and R. Kumar, "Vitamin D and Renal Calcium Transport," Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 3:424-429, 1994.
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