Calcium and Vitamin D – Critical Components of a Healthy Existence
Calcium is a critical building block for humans
Once you give up smoking it’s important you turn your attention to proper nutrition and whether or not you’re getting enough vitamins and minerals in your daily diet. Let’s look specifically at calcium and vitamin D.
Calcium and vitamin D both play critical roles in the human body.
Calcium is essential for the proper growth and maintenance of the body’s reproductive system.
Calcium is a mineral vital for the development and maintenance of healthy bones as well as strong, healthy teeth and gums.
Calcium is also a necessity for a regular heartbeat, blood coagulation, muscle contractions as well as the relaxation of muscles, nerve impulse transmission, hormone secretion stimulation, and the activation of proper enzyme reactions in the body.
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin (also known as an oil-soluble vitamin) manufactured by the body as a result of exposure to sunlight.
Vitamin D also comes from dietary sources such as fish, fortified foods, fortified milk and cod liver oil. Vitamin D works with calcium to keep an adequate supply of this essential mineral in the teeth and bones at all times. Research into vitamin D has shown that it also helps in other areas of the body such as the skin, muscles, cells that deal with immunity and the pancreas.
A deficiency of vitamin D in the body can cause calcium to be lost from the bones which can then cause the bones to become soft and thereby more prone to infection and it can also bring on the disease Rickets.
The bones of the body are active tissues and on a regular basis they both use up and release the mineral calcium in order to maintain both the strength of the human skeleton as well as its density. For this reason all people need to take in enough calcium on a consistent basis.
Calcium is the number one factor in the building of healthy bones and teeth. Calcium helps to keep blood pressure at a normal healthy level and it may help to prevent hypertension. Research is ongoing as to all the many benefits that calcium has for the human body. The bones act as a bank of sorts for calcium. They store the mineral and have it at the ready when the cells require it. When the body is not taking in enough calcium on a regular basis and it is not being replenished often enough, the bones will take from themselves what they need.
The function of vitamin D is the proper absorption of calcium. Research into vitamin deficiency has shown it’s very common in senior citizens and the elderly.
One of the best sources of calcium is milk and milk is often fortified with vitamin D. With the exception of children, pregnant women and those suffering from osteoporosis, most individuals should be drinking low fat (one percent) or no fat (skim) milk because they do not need the extra fat that comes in milk that has a higher fat content such as two percent or homogenized.
Calcium and Vitamin D are critical components of a healthy existence – especially for women.
So is your diet providing enough to you?
Becca Scott
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