Magnesium vs. Calcium for Bone Health The other day author Ms. New covered with coworkers about human bones. One of Ms. News’s co-workers incidentally broke her arm during vacation. Each person reflected upon when they had broken their bones. The conversation sparked an interest in Ms. New about bone health. Often people consider the structure of the muscle and fat built into the body. However, many people are oblivious to bone health. The bones have the important task to hold together the framework of the body. People take bones for granted because they believe bones are dead, calcified organic shapes that structure to take care of the more critical components of the body. Nonetheless, bones are alive; they are living growing organisms.
So how does a person take care of their bones? As a child Ms. New learned to drink plenty of milk and calcium or Ms. New would disfigured spine. However, author Todd Runestad takes on the topic in an article title “Better to the bone: …show more content…
Furthermore, ninety-nine percent of calcium is located in the skeleton and teeth. Calcium is a mineral found in many foods. Calcium is found in milk, kale, fish and grains to name a few. However, almost all calcium stores in the bones a the teeth. Calcium is used to help move blood vessels throughout the body to release hormones and enzymes that affect virtually every component of the body. Therefore, calcium supplements are most effective taken with ith food.
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), there are two forms of calcium carbonate and citrate. According to the author Taylor Wallace professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at George Mason University, the body can only absorb roughly 500-600 mg of calcium at one time. (qtd. in