Posts Tagged ‘Calcium’
Fruit Consumption (II)
Sulfur. Help with the burning of sugar, a bone, detoxifies, increases and strengthens hair. Found in cherries, apricots, oranges, pears, peaches, hazelnuts and almonds.
Bromo. It is found in apples, grapes and figs.
Calcium. Helps blood clotting, is in the grape, strawberry, walnut, hazelnut and almond.
Chlorine. Aids digestion, promotes growth. It is found in dates, walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds.
Copper. Essential for bone formation, anti-inflammatory, useful against arthritis. It is found in grapes, pears, oranges, almonds and hazelnuts.
Fluoride. Prevent infectious diseases and protects the bone and teeth, apples and grapes.
Phosphorus. Is the nutrient of the brain, nervous and supporting bones, apples plums, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds.
Iron. Plum, cherry, apricot, peach, apples, pears, oranges, strawberries, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds.
Effects Of Supplementation
evaluated the effects of supplementation with 1 g calcium per day in hypertensive disorders and other maternal and infant outcomes in pregnant women without hypertension at less than 34 weeks gestation. In the review included 12 randomized controlled trials. Most studies assessed only primiparous or nulliparous women, and women at low risk for hypertensive disorders.
Subgroup analysis was used to evaluate the results in terms of: (i) the risk of hypertensive disorders (low or average risk [not selected] or high risk [adolescents, a history of preeclampsia, increased sensitivity to angiotensin II or pre-existing hypertension ]), and (ii) baseline calcium intake in women or in those who belonged to the study populations. The authors of individual trials identified that calcium intake is low when the average intake of the population is <900 mg per day. Adequate calcium intake is that the authors of trials defined as the average intake of the populations of ? 900 mg per day. Note that the classification of calcium intake was based largely on population surveys or participating centers instead of the women studied. Data from 11 studies involving 14 946 women suggest that women who received supplementation with calcium (> 1 g per day) during pregnancy were less likely to high blood pressure (with or without proteinuria) compared with those who took placebo (relative risk [RR] 0.70, confidence interval [CI] 95%: 0.57 to 0.86). Similarly, the data from 12 studies involving 15 206 women suggest that women who received supplementation with calcium (> 1 g per day) during pregnancy were less likely to have preeclampsia than those who had taking placebo (RR: 0.48, 95% CI: 0.33 to 0.69). However, the heterogeneity of treatment effect was substantial (I square> 50%) and, therefore, the results should be interpreted with caution.
The data from four clinical trials involving 9732 women suggest that the rate of severe morbidity and maternal death composite outcome was lower in women who received supplementation with calcium (> 1 g per day) during pregnancy compared with those who took placebo (RR 0.80, 95% CI: 0.65 to 0.97).
There were no significant differences between women who received supplementation with calcium (> 1 g per day) and those who took placebo with respect to the following outcomes: placental abruption, caesarean section, proteinuria, severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, admission of women to intensive care unit, maternal death, duration of hospitalization of the mother ? 7 days, premature birth, low birth weight, infant small for gestational age, admission of the newborn to the neonatal intensive care unit, newborn stay in the intensive care unit ? 7 days, and stillbirth or death before hospital discharge.
Coral Calcium
About Coral Calcium
Coral Calcium is derived from corals of the order Scleractinia. Coral reefs are such an exoskeleton (external skeleton): This mineral structure, consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, is used to structure the settlement.
When a piece of coral off the structure and falls to the bottom of the sea, the organism dies and there remains only the minerals and trace elements of the skeleton. These debris that is ground into fine powder and is sold under the name of coral calcium.
The structure of coral is so similar to the bones of animals and humans as medicine uses it for several decades as the basis for bone reconstruction.
In Japan and India, traditional medicine has long used this substance as a source of calcium. However, advertising exaggerated which is the subject of coral calcium today, the United States in particular, lends properties that calcium does not and has never had.
Vitamin D
Also called cholecalciferol, vitamin D is closely linked with calcium to maintain an appropriate structure within the bones.
1. Functions
- Essential for utilization of calcium and phosphorus, which are necessary for healthy bones and teeth, and to keep in good condition our nervous system.
- Maintains adequate levels of calcium in the blood.
2. Where to find it?
In part they formed in skin by the action of sunlight (ultraviolet) and partly to be taken with food. Foods rich in vitamin D are oily fish, fish liver oil, margarine, eggs, milk and dairy products.
3. Nutritional Needs
The RDAs are 5 micrograms / day (depending on sun exposure).
4. What is missing?
Its deficiency can cause rickets or osteomalacia.