Calcium
is the major component of your body infrastructure, the skeleton. Calcium
builds bones, maintains bone integrity, and slows bone loss. Bone grows
most rapidly in your teenage years while lose gradually as you ages. Therefore,
if you don't have enough calcium consumption during teenage years
for bone mass development; and inadequate consumption during adulthood for
bone maintenance, your bones might become weak and brittle. They can be
broken at minor falls or even under normal use. This condition is called
OSTEOPOROSIS which progresses slowly and silently. People often don't
realize they have osteoporosis until they fracture a bone.
Are
you as risk? Check ()
if any of the following applies to you:
Female? Caucasian
or Asian? Underweight
for your height? Or small bones with small body frame? Physically
inactive? Age over
55? Has family
history of osteoporosis? Do not often
consume milk and other dairy products, and other calcium rich
foods? You smoke? You are a
heavy drinker?
For every check mark, your risk of osteoporosis increases.
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if any of the following applies to you: 
Female?
