Calcium Deficiency Signs

Calcium - Supports Kids Health

Minerals are naturally occurring substances found in soil and rocks. They are essential nutrients required to carry out key functions each day for your child’s optimal health. We get minerals from our diet when we eat plant foods that have absorbed the nutrients directly from the soil. Minerals are also found in meat from plant-grazing animals.

If a growing child is deprived of any one of the important minerals, various functions may be impaired and therefore a contributing and underlying factor in many common childhood illnesses

Minerals play the following roles in Children's Health

✅ Bone and teeth health
✅ Energy production
✅ Nerve and muscle function
✅ Immune health

Minerals can be depleted in food

✅ When produce is grown in poor top soils, which are naturally low in minerals.
✅ If fruit and vegetables are not allowed to ripen on the vine; this being the critical stage when minerals are released into food.
✅ When fresh produce is stored for extended periods before it reaches the supermarket shelves.
✅ If the minerals get bound up in the chemicals stored in the top soils and not released into the food.

How Calcium Benefits Children's Health

Among all the health benefits of calcium, the standout benefit for children is its role in maintaining bone health and supporting tooth growth.

Calcium works to build strong muscles and also helps them to relax and contract. Calcium is also important in transmitting the nervous system’s messages throughout the body. Other roles include transporting nutrients throughout the body, maintaining blood pressure, prevention of kidney stones.

Food Sources to Include in a Healthy Kid's Diet

✅ Almonds
✅ Parsley
✅ Dandelion greens
✅ Watercress
✅ Butternut pumpkin
✅ Yoghurt
✅ Beet greens
✅ Buckwheat
✅ Broccoli
✅ Walnuts
✅ Cottage cheese
✅ Spinach
✅ Pecans
✅ Green beans
✅ Cabbage
✅ Wholegrain wheat
✅ Oranges
✅ Celery
✅ Wholegrain rice
✅ Carrots
✅ Barley
✅ Sweet potatoes
✅ Brown rice
✅ Garlic
✅ Summer squash
✅ Onions
✅ Lemons
✅ Green peas
✅ Cauliflower
✅ Lentils
✅ Cherries
✅ Asparagus
✅ Winter squash
✅ Strawberries
✅ Millet
✅ Pineapple
✅ Grapes
✅ Beets
✅ Tomatoes
✅ Eggplant
✅ Chicken
✅ Turkey
✅ Bananas
✅ Avocado

Deficiency Signs for Children's Health

✅ Muscle spasms and cramps
✅ Weak brittle nails
✅ Easy to fracture bones
✅ Depression
✅ Confusion or memory loss
✅ Numbness and tingling in hands, feet and face

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