Some deprive themselves of cheese because of diet. Others overlook the milk because they have trouble digesting. Result, many adults have trouble meeting the recommended daily intake of calcium.
Many virtues
Contrary to popular belief, calcium not only prevents osteoporosis. An estimated increase its consumption would also reduce the frequency of hypertension, colon cancer, premenstrual syndrome, baby blues and spasmophilia.
Which calcium intake?
Different ages, contributions are different:
- For children: Dietary advice is about 800 mg of calcium per day.
- To an adolescent: the A.N.C. are from 1200 to 1500 mg per day.
- For adults, the recommended amount varies between 1000 and 1500 mg per day.
Facilitate its absorption
Consuming enough calcium is one thing. But it is still necessary to help him, once in the body, set out on the bones. For this, it is essential to have good vitamin D, which we will return in the liver, eggs, tuna, sardines, salmon. Regular physical activity and sunlight also contribute to a better absorption of calcium.
Making milk more digestible
It is quite normal for most adults have trouble digesting milk as infants. It is not in itself an intolerance to milk, but its sugar: lactose. The latter, to be digested, requires the presence of an intestinal enzyme, lactase, whose activity decreases in all mammals after weaning. If sensitive people do not want to give as much milk, they simply do not drink on an empty stomach but with a solid meal to delay its passage through the stomach. Better to choose a qu’écrémé whole milk, the presence of lipids favoring digestion of lactose. Or buy the trade a specific depleted milk lactose.
There are not that in milk
Dairy products are of course the champions of calcium with lead, the hard cheeses, followed by spreading cheese, yogurt, milk, ice cream. But calcium is also present in quantities in shellfish, egg yolk, nuts, soybeans, dry beans, watercress, parsley, cabbage. The mineral waters with a calcium content between 100 mg and 500 mg per liter (Hépar, Contrex, Salvetat, Quézac …) associated with dairy products, are also an interesting alternative for those watching their waistlines.
Examples of equivalences
300 mg calcium equivalent:
- Bread: 500g wholemeal bread, 2 kg of white bread
- Dairy: ¼ liter of milk (one cup) 300 g cottage cheese, 2 yogurts, 80 to 150 g gromage soft (pie …), 50 g of pressed cheese cooked (Emmental …)
- Fruits and vegetables: 500 g of vegetables, 500 g of dried fruit, 1 kg oranges 1 kg of fresh fruit
- Meat and fish: 3 kg of meat, 1 kg of fish
- Drink one liter of water Wattwiller
Plants and foods that can be found in nature serve to nourish the body, if mixed in a certain way. There are recipes ideal for cleaning, care and moisturizing the skin.
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