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Vegetarian diet and
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Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body.
98% of it is found in the bones, 1 % in the teeth and the remaining 1% is found in the body's fluids and cells.
This 1 % is important to the body chemistry.
There is a continuous movement of calcium between the skeleton and the blood and other parts of the body. Hormones control these movements.
The skeleton of a young man contains about 1.2 kg of calcium, 1 kg for a woman.
Role
Absorption
What can reduce the absorption?
Intake
Deficiency symptoms
Sources
Calcium and proteins
Milk
Osteoporosis
Persons at risk of calcium deficiency
Realized by Laurence LIVERNAIS-SAETTEL, dietitian
© Copyright L. Livernais-Saettel 2000
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