DEFICIENCY RISKS
Who is at risk for Calcium Deficiency
If you think you're not at risk for calcium deficiency, think again. It’s not just older women. It’s the 'baby boomers' who are perimenopausal 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
- Nursing mothers: 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 phosphorus/calcium ratio.
- 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