Samples Resources on Nutrition for Health (02)

Osteoporosis: Nutritional Supplements
This article by Harvinder S. Sandhu, M.D., who is affiliated with Cornell University, gives some useful tips for maintaining healthy bones such as reducing the amount of protein in your diet, avoiding carbonated beverages, increasing calcium intake, getting more Vitamin D and exercising. Sometimes supplements are helpful if you do not eat enough calcium-rich foods. Osteoporosis affects more than 28 million people in the United States, affecting both men and women. For more information about calcium and magnesium and osteoporosis, you’ll want to read this useful article on supplements for better nutrition.

The Tie Between Vitamin C and Kidney Stones
Many experts have speculated that taking large amounts of vitamin C may contribute to the formation of oxalate-type kidney stones because of the metabolic conversion of vitamin C to oxalic acid. This article, published in 1999, discusses studies undertaken by doctors to see the relationship between kidney stones and Vitamin C. Although some people say that Vitamin C won’t cause kidney stones, others think differently. Here you can explore medical studies about the two.

Calcium: How the Mineral Function
Although calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body, people do not get enough of this important mineral. This article explains two types of calcium, one being that which is tightly bound within the bone and the other is on the bone. The article says that the skeleton serves as a bank of minerals for the body. The rest of this article explains the role of calcium in the body and notes that there are some conditions that affect calcium absorption.

Preparing Healthy Meals
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