If you think you’re not at risk for calcium deficiency, think again. It’s not just older women. It’s the ‘baby boomers’ that are peri-menopausal or already going through menopause. It’s literally millions and millions of us.
• Elderly who tend to have a lower production of digestive acids
• Woman with repeated pregnancy and lengthy breast-feeding
• Pregnant adolescents have high calcium needs
• Breast-feeding women: they need an extra 550 mg of calcium daily (a nursing woman can lose up to 300 mg of calcium daily in breast milk)
• People who drink soda pop. These drinks have added phosphoric acid (phosphate) which imbalance the ratio phosphorus/calcium.
• People of both sexes who are on low-carb diets or people who simply avoid calcium rich foods.
• People who are lactose intolerant
• People who smoke
• Small-boned people
• Asian women
• Caucasian women
• Men
• Children