Calcium Nutrition Resources (02)

Calcium Nutrition May Prevent Hypertension Problems in Pregnant Women
This article discusses a new review that says expectant mothers may be able to prevent potentially serious medical problems by boosting their calcium nutrition intake-whether eating more foods rich in calcium or taking calcium supplements. The article describes the study focused on gestational hypertension (high blood pressure with pregnancy) and preeclampsia. Many pregnant women know to eat plenty of calcium food sources, and this verifies the use of calcium.

Osteoporosis: Preventing the Condition by Eating Foods High in Calcium, and Other Tips
This article gives an overview on what osteoporosis is, and what people can do to prevent it—especially women, who are at greater risk. In addition to eating foods high in calcium and even taking a complete calcium supplement, women 65 and over should have a bone mineral density test to determine whether or not they have osteoporosis. This site also gives practical advice for living with osteoporosis, which includes eating calcium rich foods and taking calcium supplements, including coral calcium.

Calcium and Hypertension: Pre-Eclampsia
Can calcium reduce the condition known as pre-eclampsia, which affects about 5 percent of all pregnant women? Not so, according to this article, which describes a study on the effects of calcium and hypertension in pregnant women. It covers a clinical trial that did not find evidence that calcium supplements during pregnancy prevent preeclampsia, pregnancy-associated hypertension or proteinuria in healthy women.

Preventing Kidney Stones: Is Calcium Reduction the Answer?
Calcium is widely noted when it comes to preventing kidney stones. But restricting your intake of calcium nutrition does not seem to lower the risk of kidney stones because when you eat calcium rich foods or take calcium supplements, the calcium binds with oxalates in the gastrointestinal tract so that oxalates can't be absorbed from the intestine and excreted by the kidney to form kidney stones

Eat Foods High in Calcium to Prevent Hypertension in Pregnancy
This is an article about a study that focused on the benefits of calcium supplements and calcium rich foods to prevent gestational hypertension (high blood pressure with pregnancy) and preeclampsia. The study says that eating calcium rich foods is helpful to prevent these conditions so pregnant women should make a list of calcium rich foods and adhere to eating the calcium rich foods on the list.