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| Egg shell containing calcium, Divine photo |
The macronutrient is highly
linked to many roles vitamins play in the body, it is important for healthy
bone and teeth formation. other functions of this mineral element include the followings,
1. Essential
for blood clothing
2. Stabilizes
blood pressure
3. Contributes
to normal brain function in nervous system
4. Critical
for carrying important information among cells.
5. Help
insulin open cell to glucose.
6. Important
for the release of chemicals that transmit signal from nerve cell to target
cell, for example when a nerve cell instructs a muscle to move.
7. It
facilitates the actual process of contraction of muscle cells.
8. It
is important in fertilization where it assists the movement of sperm into an
egg cell.
9. Help
prevent muscle or leg cramp in some people.
Normally, the amount of
calcium outside a cell is very low relative to the amount inside a cell. A
calcium ion enters a cell in respond to large number of chemical such as
hormones.
What
are the sources of Calcium?
The followings are the
sources of Calcium
1. Cabbage
2. Broccoli
3. Tofu
4. Kale
5. Salmons
6. Sardines
7. Dairy
products.
Effects
of Lack of Calcium in the body
Some of the effects of
lack of calcium in the body include skeletal abnormalities such as
1.Osteopenia:
Oesteopenis is the decrease in calcification or bone density; it is the
decrease in bone mass due to inadequate oesteoid synthesis.
2.Oesteomalacia:
In oesteomalacia, there is gradual softening and bending of bones with varying severity
of pains. In this deficiency of Calcium, the bone become soft because the pore
containing oesteoid fails to calcify due to lack of vitamin C, or renal tubular
dysfunction.
3.Oesteoporosis:
This effect of lack of Calcium in the body occurs in postmenopausal women and
elderly men; it is characterized by a reduction in the quality of bone or
atrophy of skeletal tissue, resulting in bone trabeculae that are tin, scanty
and without oesteoclatic resorption.
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