Calcium is a vital health-building minerals that helps keep bones and teeth strong. It also plays a key role in numerous vital bodily functions, such as blood pressure regulation, nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction and blood clotting. It has been shown that widespread calcium deficiencies are responsible for an estimated 25 million Americans suffering from bone loss (osteoporosis).
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Calcium, the most abundant minerals in the human body, has several important functions. More than 99% of total body calcium is stored in the bones and teeth where it functions to support their structure. The remaining 1% is found throughout the body in blood, muscle, and the fluid between cells. Calcium is needed for muscle contraction, blood vessel contraction and expansion, the secretion of hormones and enzymes, and sending messages through the nervous system. A constant level of calcium is maintained in body fluid and tissues so that these vital body processes function efficiently.
Bone undergoes continuous remodeling, with constant resorption (breakdown of bone) and deposition of calcium into newly deposited bone (bone formation). The balance between bone resorption and deposition changes as people age. During childhood there is a higher amount of bone formation and less breakdown. In early and middle adulthood, these processes are relatively equal. In aging adults, particularly among postmenopausal women, bone breakdown exceeds its formation, resulting in bone loss, which increases the risk for osteoporosis (a disorder characterized by porous, weak bones).
Male and Female Age
Calcium (mg/day)
Pregnancy & Lactation
0 to 6 months
210
N/A
7 to 12 months
270
N/A
1 to 3 years
500
N/A
4 to 8 years
800
N/A
9 to 13 years
1300
N/A
14 to 18 years
1300
1300
19 to 50 years
1000
1000
51+ years
1200
N/A
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Calcium and bone health
Your bones are living tissues and continue to change throughout life. During childhood and adolescence, bones increase in size and mass. Bones continue to add more mass until around age 30, when peak bone mass is reached. Peak bone mass is the point when the maximum amount of bone is achieved. Because bone loss, like bone growth, is a gradual process, the stronger your bones are at age 30, the more your bone loss will be delayed as you age. Therefore, it is particularly important to consume adequate calcium and vitamin D throughout infancy, childhood, and adolescence. It is also important to engage in weight-bearing exercise to maximize bone strength and bone density (amount of bone tissue in a certain volume of bone) to help prevent osteoporosis later in life. Weight bearing exercise is the type of exercise that causes your bones and muscles to work against gravity while they bear your weight. Resistance exercises such as weight training are also important because they help to improve muscle mass and bone strength.
A concern with high calcium intakes is the potential for calcium to interfere with the absorption of other minerals, iron, zinc, magnesium, and phosphorus. Be sure to take the right amounts your body needs.
Calcium and weight management
Several studies, primarily observational in nature, have linked higher calcium intakes to lower body weights or less weight gain over time. Two explanations have been proposed for how calcium may help to regulate body weight. First, high-calcium intakes may reduce calcium concentrations in fat cells by lowering the production of two hormones (parathyroid hormone and an active form of vitamin D), which in turn increases fat breakdown in these cells and discourages its accumulation. In addition, calcium from food or supplements may bind to small amounts of dietary fat in the digestive tract and prevent its absorption, carrying the fat (and the calories it would otherwise provide) out in the feces.
Ultra Calcium Complex contains 500 mg. of calcium in three capsules. Calcium is best absorbed in capsule form.
Ultra Daily Calcium Complex is a daily supplement best used by those with additional calcium needs beyond those satisfied by the ALTRUM Multis.
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