Are You Getting Enough Calcium?

1/15/2015|Updated: 1/14/2015

We all grew up hearing that calcium and milk products were essential for healthy bones and teeth.

Now, one in two women over the age of fifty will break a bone because of osteoporosis! It’s only reasonable to wonder: Am I getting enough calcium?

Discover the benefits of calcium, the symptoms of calcium deficiency, how to get calcium into your body from typical and vegetarian sources and how to keep it in.

Benefits and Facts of Calcium

It is the most abundant mineral in the body.
99 percent of your calcium is in your bones. Calcium is essential for healthy bones and teeth.
Your body uses your bones as a calcium storehouse, withdrawing it through your bloodstream when it’s needed for other parts of the body.
Other parts of the body that use calcium include nerves, brain, muscles and heart.
Calcium is necessary for specific hormone functions.
Calcium is a co-enzyme necessary for clotting.
Many plants have more calcium per gram than any animal product –- including milk.
Even fruits like the common orange and kiwi, along with their many health benefits, contain calcium.

Symptoms of Calcium Deficiency

Muscle cramping–-especially at night.
Dry skin and brittle nails.
Increased PMS symptoms.
Bone fracture or breakage. This is a severe symptom, but unfortunately, for many people, it is the first way they find out that they have weak or thin bones.