Dr Billinghurst also says that adult dogs
need less calcium and, as long as you're feeding a raw diet with raw meaty bones, the adult dog's body will absorb the calcium it needs and leave what it doesn't in the intestines.
And while getting calcium from plant foods may have a number of advantages for bone health (see below), there is no reason to think that vegans
need less calcium than anyone else.
It's also worthwhile to note that men
need less calcium than women, and in some cases shouldn't be taking supplements containing it at all (a bone density test is the best way to know if this applies to you).
It is worth remembering that vegans
need less calcium (600 mg vs 1000 mg a day) because not eating animal products mean we lose less.
When examining the epidemiological studies of China - it shows that people
need less calcium than we think and we can get it through a plant based diet.
Not exact matches
Nutrition content claims
need to meet certain criteria — a food labelled as a «good source of
calcium»
needs to contain no
less than 25 % of the recommended daily intake (RDI) of
calcium in a serve, for example.
You can enjoy this recipe knowing you are getting
less of what you don't
need (cholesterol free and on 4 mcg of sodium) and more of what you do
need; an excellent source of fiber and
calcium and a good source of potassium and protein.
As ocean acidification proceeds, carbonate becomes
less and
less abundant, so at one point the carbonate concentration in the water is limiting the precipitation of
calcium carbonate and organisms have a harder time to make their shell and skeleton since one of the bricks
needed to make the wall is becoming
less and
less abundant.
Since vitamin D is a fat - soluble vitamin, it's easily trapped in fat cells and thus
less available in the blood — where it's
needed to regulate blood
calcium and maintain bone integrity.
Spacing your intake of
calcium - rich foods throughout the day can make it
less overwhelming to get the amount you
need.
But
less circulated is the valuable information that for
calcium supplements to be safe and effective, they
need other vital nutrients along with it.
As your blood levels of D increase, you may
need less supplemental
calcium, as your body can utilize more from food.
It appears that the body does not have a way to regulate the B6 content of the milk when the mother's intake is low (as it does for some nutrients such as
calcium), so mothers who do not eat sufficient B6 - rich foods and do not make up the shortfall by supplementing with B6 will produce breast milk with inadequate levels of B6 for their infants.33 One group of researchers concludes that a minimum of 3.5 to 4.9 mg of vitamin B6 equivalents (from diet and supplements) are
needed to maintain saturated levels of B6 in the mothers» breast milk, about double the RDA.34 Irritability in the infant may be a sign of
less than adequate vitamin B6 status.35
Without the
need to buffer dietary acidosis do to animal protein, it looks like humans do just fine bone wise with half or
less of the recommended amount of
calcium recommended by the USDA.
There are specific ratios that
need to be maintained in order for
calcium to even be absorbed properly, and that ratio is much different and much
less favourable in cow's milk versus human breast milk.
Calcium is required for vascular contraction and vasodilation, muscle function, nerve transmission, intracellular signaling and hormonal secretion, though less than 1 % of total body calcium is needed to support these critical metabolic functio
Calcium is required for vascular contraction and vasodilation, muscle function, nerve transmission, intracellular signaling and hormonal secretion, though
less than 1 % of total body
calcium is needed to support these critical metabolic functio
calcium is
needed to support these critical metabolic functions [1].
Dietary
calcium needs to be no
less than 0.44 % in order for blood
calcium to remain normal in rabbits.
A fast?growing German Shepherd puppy
needs the same ratio of phosphorus to
calcium as does a toy?breed adult and every dog in the spectrum between, and the same or
less percentage of total ration in the analysis, which you will find on the bag.
Salt alternatives containing the active ingredient acetamide or crystalline amide are
less caustic than those with
calcium chloride and are a good choice if you have dogs and
need to melt ice on surfaces where the dog walks.
On the contrary, they actually
need slightly
less calcium.