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Calcium and magnesium deficiency
Many health care
professionals don’t see the need for supplements of vitamins and minerals, but
it is possible to become deficient in these building blocks for the human body
when we are under the stress of illness, pregnancy or aging. Children can often
eat acid foods to excess and miss out on their daily nutritional requirements.
The unborn child makes heavy nutritional demands on the mother, while those in
the older age bracket often find their stomach doesn’t absorb nutrients like
it should.
Cramps in the lower limbs, restless
leg syndrome and sleeplessness are all eased by the addition of calcium and
magnesium to the diet. Magnesium is more easily absorbed by the body in the form
of dolomite, or with the addition of calcium. People who are too busy to eat
properly, nursing or pregnant mothers and children who refuse milk and are picky
eaters should all take calcium supplements. Children need lots of calcium to
build strong bones and teeth that will serve them faithfully for the rest of
their lives. It is important to take supplements
that are readily absorbable by the human body.
Calcium taken by the older age
group will help to keep their blood alkaline and prevent osteoporosis, a disease
that causes bones to become brittle and honeycombed. Fractures and broken bones
in old age take so long to heal that the unfortunate victim sometimes never
recovers fully from the results of a fall. It makes sense to prevent the problem
rather than wait until it happens, to do something about it. Why not eat
a diet high in alkaline foods and minerals?