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Calcium deficiency causes osteoporosis
Calcium is considered one of the most important minerals in our bodies. It is critical for healthy bones and muscles and also plays a major role in controlling heartbeat, blood pressure, nerve impulses and muscle function, among other things. 99% of calcium is stored in the bones and teeth. The remaining 1% is found in the blood and is essential for life. Without this tiny 1% of calcium (calcium deficiency), muscles do not contract correctly, blood does not clot, nerves do not carry messages and the heart does not beat. Calcium is necessary for life and there are only two ways to get this essential 1% of calcium into the blood stream - from food or from your bones. The calcium from your diet as well as that from supplements helps protect the calcium stored in your bones. If the critical 1% of calcium drops in the blood stream because it is not replenished by dietary intake and calcium deficiency results, your body "steals" the calcium from your bones to increase the blood-calcium levels. Maintaining heart beat and nerve function is more important to the body than strong bones as the body will do anything to stay alive, including damaging the bones. Over a period of years, bones will become weaker and break more easily, which leads to the serious bone disease, osteoporosis, and occurs frequently without a person realizing it. Often the first sign of osteoporosis is a broken bone or week teeth that break suddenly. Osteoporosis is often crippling and potentially life-threatening. The worst part of having osteoporosis is knowing its risk can be reduced.
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25 million American women are affected by osteoporosis. Up to 50% of all women over the age of 45 have or will have this disease. 5 million men in this country are also affected.
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