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What is calcium?
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The most abundant mineral in the body, 99% of it is stored in bones and teeth
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Active, living tissue includes what?
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bones
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What are some other major functions of calcium?
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nerve transmission, blood pressure, blood clotting, muscle contraction and heartbeat
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What are the RDA's for adolescents, 19-50, 51+, for calcium?
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1300mg/day…1000 mg/day….1200mg/day
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Who has the highest calcium consomption in the world and highest rate of osteoeporosis in the world? Lowest?
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US..africa
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As protein consumption increases what happens to urinary calcium loss?
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it too increases
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What happens as animal protein consumption increases? Plant protein?
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Hip fracture increases, and with plant it decreases
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Why would africans have less osteoporosis?
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cause they run in the jungle
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What are some risk factors for osteoporosis?
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early menopause, eating disorders and teen, caucasian and asian, small body, certain meds that infterfere with bone density
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How do you prevent Osteoporosis?
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vit D and K, maintain healthy weight, less sodium, increase physical activity
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What are some of the rates of calcium absorption in different food sources?
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nuts are the lowest at 20, milk at 30, and caabbage at 50%
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What is phoshporus?
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It is our bones and teeth, it is part of DNA and RNA, and is important for energy metabolism
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What are phosphorous salts?
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they are critical buffers that maintain acid base balance of cellular fluids
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What is magnesium?
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It is part of protein formation, muscular relaxation, energy metabolism, it assists in enzyme function, it affects metabolism of potasium, calcium and vit D, and it provides resistance to tooth decay
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What is Sodium?
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it is the principle positive ion outside the body cells, it maintains volume of fluid outside of cells and also maintains acid base balance
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What does sodium have a role in?
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Maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance
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What does sodium solution do to blood pressure?
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it increases it
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What are the three things that determine blood pressure?
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second small diamter arteries and capillaries resist blood flow (peripheral resistance) and third the number of dissolved particles in the fluid
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What can prevent hypertension?
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reducing salt intake and increasing calcium, potassium, magnesium, vit c
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Who has the highest sodium intake blacks or whites?
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fucking whites
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What type of foods have the highest salt content?
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processed foods, 75% of sodium in us diet
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What happens to calcium when you eat more sodium?
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calcium gets excreted
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What is potassium?
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It is the principle positive ion Inside the body, it maintains volume of fluid INSIDE cells, it maintains hearbeat and fluid and electrolyte balance
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What kinds of foods have lots of potassium?
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milk, banana, potato, lima beens, fish, honeydoober
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When taking supplements u should take them with what?
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food
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