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Calcium, Zinc and Your Body
Calcium is one of those essential nutrients that the body needs to function well and when this nutrient, is not in the body or when it is not enough the body suffers. Calcium is an essential and indispensable element needed to preserver the health of the body and to promote longevity.
THE BENEFIT OF CALCIUM TO THE BODY
CALCIUM AND PREGANCE
When a woman is pregnant the fetus need a lot of calcium to be formed and all these calcium comes from the mother as she supply calcium to the fetus that is in the forming stage, the mother need to increase her calcium in take or she will become calcium deficiency and this may result to low blood calcium content, which can cause hypertension, birthing difficulty, malformed baby, and pelvic deformity. So if you are a pregnant woman or your wife is pregnant, please source for calcium.
There are many other ways calcium help the human body like in your skeletal muscles, without the calcium ion the contraction and expansion of the skeletal muscle would have been impossible it also help fight stress and help menopausal women as they experience a decrease functioning of the ovaries and a decrease in estrogen.
Now that you know the importance of calcium to the body I will advice you increase your calcium intake.
ZINIC AND THE BODY
Zinc has so many important functions and potential uses.
ZINC AND THE MIMUNE SYSTEM:
Zinc can be use to treat lowered immunity zinc has the ability to increase T lymphocyte production and enhance other white blood cells function. When you increase your intake of foods that contain zinc your immune system will made stronger.
ZINC AND FERTILITY: Zinc is the next important mineral for fertility it is found in high concentration in semen it is essential in the function of reproductive organs. Let your intake of zinc be moderate for expert say it has been shown to inhibit production of prolactin a hormone which suppresses ovulation in women and causes sexual dysfunction in both men and women.
ZNIC AND THE HEART, zinc has on influence on our sense of taste which in turn affect our appetite, saliva contains some gestation that act as a mediator affecting taste and appetite so when you are zinc deficiencies it affect your salt intake as your sense of taste have been alter and when you now consume too much salt you are very close to disease like hypertension and other heart diseases. So to avoid such diseases increase your intake of foods that contain zinc.
ZINC AND ENZYMES
In the body there are over 200 kinds of enzymes and their existence dependant on the presence of zinc. It acts as a catalytic and conformational regularly agent for the activities of the enzymes and also takes part directly in the synthesis of nucleic acid and protein in cell mitosis also in growth and regeneration.
Now that you know the importance of zinc I will advice you should not wait till you are zinc deficient before you start to increase your daily intake of food that contain zinc.
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