The anemia is caused by decreased red blood cell in blood. It can happen for two reasons: iron deficiency or lack of folic acid (a B vitamin).
The first is known as iron deficiency anemia and may be motivated by the non-iron absorption in the digestive tract, chronic blood loss or the absence of this mineral in the diet, which is usually the most common cause.
The anemia due to folic acid or folate is called megaloblastic or pernicious anemia. (more…)
Calcium is the most abundant mineral found in the human body, with teeth and bones contain the most calcium (about 99%). Body tissue, neurons, blood and other body fluids contain the remaining calcium.
Alternative Names
Diet and calcium
Functions
Calcium is one of the most important minerals for growth, maintenance and reproduction of the human body and also helps build and maintain healthy teeth and bones. Proper levels of calcium over a lifetime can help prevent osteoporosis.
Calcium helps with blood clotting, nerve signaling, relaxation and muscle contraction, as with the release of certain hormones. It is necessary for a normal heartbeat.
Food Sources
Many foods contain calcium, but dairy products are the most significant source. Milk and dairy products such as yogurt, cheese, butter contain a type of calcium assimilated more efficiently.
The choice to become vegetarian can be motivated by different reasons: some become vegetarians for ethical reasons, or because they refuse to eat the flesh of other living beings, others for religious reasons, see the followers of Eastern religions, still others for the benefits that follow a vegetarian diet can make to health. For all these reasons, it adds evidence that a diet that excludes meat would allow better use of food resources worldwide.
It is thought that, while a hectare of land planted with soybeans produces 1800 pounds of vegetable protein, the same area used for grazing permits instead of getting only 60 pounds of animal protein, it follows that if all the areas devoted to fodder for animals were used for farming, the availability of food resources would increase substantially. (more…)
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