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Calcium
• helping build bones and keep teeth healthy
• regulating muscle contractions, including your heartbeat
• making sure blood clots normally
A lack of calcium could lead to a condition called rickets in children, and osteomalacia or osteoporosis in later life.
Sources of calcium include: milk, cheese, green leafy vegetables, bread, some fish (sardines)...
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA):
- for women 19-50 years of age is 1.000mg (1g) daily,
- for women 51+ 1.200mg (1,2g),
- pregnant and lactating women 1.000mg (1g),
- for men 19-70 years 1.000mg (1g),
- for men 71+ 1.200mg (1,2g).
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