Food Sources
1 cup of Ice Cream has more calcium than 1 cup of milk.
True or False?
What is False?
What is the main function that you think of?
Structure (bones)
What is vitamin D?
This vitamin helps your intestines absorb calcium.
In growing children, a severe deficiency in calcium or Vitamin D causes this bone-softening condition.
What is rickets
True or False: Adults stop needing calcium once they finish growing in height.
What is False? (Adults need it to maintain bone mass).
How does it help our blood?
Clotting!
What is bioavailability?
This term describes how much of a nutrient your body can absorb and use.
This term describes the condition where bones become weak, brittle, and low in calcium density.
What is osteoporosis?
Where is about 99% of calcium stored?
What is the bones and teeth
Why can you move without calcium?
It helps with Muscle Contraction
What is 500 milligrams?
For the best absorption, individual calcium supplement doses should generally be this amount or less.
Consuming far too many calcium supplements can lead to painful deposits of minerals in the kidneys, known as these.
What are kidney stones?
Where is the remaining 1% located?
What is the blood and cell fluids
It causes a spark through…
Nerve Conduction
What are oxalates?
These compounds in spinach bind calcium and make it harder to absorb.
This is the medical term for having an abnormally high level of calcium circulating in the blood.
What is hypercalcemia?
True or False, pregnant women need more calcium
What is true
A proper intake of calcium can help regulate a common health condition. What is that condition?
Blood Pressure
What is calcium citrate?
This form of calcium supplement is less dependent on stomach acid and can be taken without food.
True or false, calcium is the 4th most abundant element in the Earth's crust
False, it is 5th