Importance of Calcium for Bone Health

Calcium is a mineral that has a very important role in the body. Once the importance of calcium so if it is not consumed in sufficient dosage, the body can function terganggu.Selain main function to build and maintain strong bones and teeth, calcium is also useful to help regulate heartbeat, muscle growth, helps the transmission of impulses, as well as maintaining the absorption-nutrients to the bones and teeth.

According dr.Elida Ilyas, Sp.RM, adult calcium requirement at least 1,000 milligrams per day. Needs kaslium increased in pregnant and lactating women and the elderly, which is equal to 1,200 mg / day.

Based on the results of research in Indonesia, from a variety of food consumed adequate calcium will be met as much as 250 mg. To cover up its shortcomings, it is advisable to consume milk.

Calcium can also be obtained from foods consumed daily. For example in fish, cheese, and green vegetables such as spinach and broccoli. In addition, cultivated sufficiently direct sunlight to activate the pro-vitamin D in the skin to become vitamin D is essential for bone health.

But Elida emphasized the importance of considering the need to avoid excessive calcium. "Because calcium is taken to the bone before he passed kidney first, then absorbed by the kidney, only brought into the bone. Kidney but also has limitations. So if you can not exceed the kidney's absorbed and then abandoned, eventually become kidney stones," he explained.

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