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Calcium is necessary for building and maintaining strong bones and teeth, muscle contraction, blood vessel contraction and relaxation, nerve impulse transmission and regulating fluid balance in the body. Because calcium is so important, the body stores calcium in your teeth and bones. If a person fails to consume sufficient calcium through their diet, then the body takes calcium from the bones and teeth. The result is more brittle bones and teeth, a condition referred to generally as osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is more obvious in older people.
Recent studies suggest that there is a link between calcium deficiency and obesity. Conversely, adequate calcium consumption may make weight loss easier. A study published in the May, 2009 issue of the British Journal of Nutrition found that people consuming the recommended amount of calcium lost more weight on average than those who were calcium deficient. A severe calcium deficiency is usually caused by a medical condition, not diet. A severe calcium deficiency may result in muscle cramps and heart rhythm abnormalities. It is possible to die from calcium severe deficiency.
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How do you notice the effects of lack of calcium on your teeth?
When you can no longer nomm dem burdz, you haez a lack ov calcium.
Why does your teeth keep chipping off Is it a lack of Calcium in my diet?
If your teeth keep chipping off, it could be a lack of calcium in your diet. Other possible reasons could be decay or lack of other nutrients in the body.
What bone disease is caused by lack of calcium in the diet?
RICKETS is a disorder caused y a lack of vitamin D,calcium,or phosphate.
What lack in the diet of a person that suffers from brittle bones?
Brittle bones are often due to a major lack of calcium in a person's diet.
What was dr. goldberger's hypothesis about the cause of pellagra?
lack of diet.
How can diet affect human growth and development?
depending on what you eat if you have a lack of a vitamin or something vital to the body then your growth will be affected by the lack of the vital item the your body needs to grow
Give two effects of lack of fiber in the diet?
bowells will notwork properly
What bone disease is called by the lack of calcium in the diet?
Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
What are the known risk factors for development of rickets?
Lack of exposure to sunlight on the skin and a poor diet (lacking in vitamin D and Calcium).
What bones disease is caused by lack of calcium in diet?
Lack of calcium is known as hypocalcemia, can cause brittle bones, abnormal heart beat, ocular lesions and subsequently increase the risk of osteoporosis, the most critical stage in which the bones appear spongy and become brittle.
Why is osteoporosis linked to fractures in older adults?
Because over the years these old people, have weaker bones due to lack of calcium in their diet.
Leg cramps at night?
This condition is often due to a lack of calcium in the diet, but it can have other causes, so discussing it with your doctor would be wise.
