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Article: CARE IN CALCIUM CHOICES A LIFETIME BENEFIT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 5, 1995
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Byline: CONSUMER REPORTS
Think of your bones as a retirement account: They're where you stash calcium when you're young, so you'll have enough to last through old age. When you are young, your body is pretty efficient at using the calcium in the food you eat. About 1 percent of it goes for immediate use playing a crucial role in transmitting nerve impulses, moving muscles, helping blood to clot, regulating blood pressure, activating digestive enzymes and ferrying molecules across membranes. Much of the rest of the calcium you ingest is incorporated into your skeleton.
But sometime during your 20s by then your skeleton has accumulated about three ...