What’s the Role of Calcium for Your Health?
Calcium is an essential mineral for human health. It’s primarily stored in your bones and teeth (it’s what makes your pearly whites so strong). And you have more calcium inside you than any other mineral. That works out well because your body needs calcium to perform several essential functions.
Calcium helps:
- Carry messages between your brain and the rest of your body
- Your nerves and muscles move
- Transport enzymes and hormones through your blood to where they need to go
- Keep your muscles, nerves, and blood vessels functioning well
- Maintain a healthy blood pressure
Calcium also enables the most critical muscle in your body — your heart — to receive signals and contract. Without calcium, your heart wouldn’t work properly!
| Adults 19–50 years | 1,000 mg |
| Adult men 51–70 years | 1,000 mg |
| Adult women 51–70 years | 1,200 mg |
| Adults 71 years and older | 1,200 mg |
(Excerpt taken from the Food Revolution Network)