How Much Calcium Do Women Need?

The human bone needs ample supply of calcium daily in order to maintain continuous growth and prevent bone related diseases such as osteoporosis. The amount of calcium the body needs depend on which age group a person belongs to. For growth purposes, children and relatively young people would need more calcium than those in their middle age. But for proper health maintenance, older people needs more amount of calcium than middle aged people.

When it comes to sexual differences, women need more supply of calcium than their male counterparts. This is especially true for pregnant and lactating mothers. Women in this category need to make sure that they replenish the calcium their body consumes due to their physical condition. The baby these women carry and the babies they nurture and feed consume a good amount of calcium their body needs. Hence, women in this group must ensure that they take more calcium than what is required of their body. The question now is, how much is enough? How much calcium do women need to avoid getting afflicted by bone-related diseases and to ensure that their bones are properly fed?

Popular studies require that women on the average take 1000mg of calcium daily. The exact amount varies whether women are pregnant, lactating or in their menopausal stages. Women in the menopausal stage needs 1500mg of calcium everyday if they are not taking estrogen. If they are taking estrogen, 1000mg of calcium is enough for their body’s needs since the estrogen intake could supplement the supply of calcium. In the case of women or girls with ages ranging from 9-18, they need around 1300mg of calcium daily to have healthy bones.

With these daily calcium requirements, still bone related diseases are getting rampant. This is due to the fact that women are not too conscious about their calcium intake. Some have eating habits which do not consider calcium dietary requirements. Others women are not even fond of drinking milk.

The good news is, for those people who are not fond of drinking milk or who are naturally lactose tolerant, there other ways of getting the body’s calcium supply through other food groups or if they are not enough, these women can take calcium supplements.

Indeed fulfilling the calcium requirement of a healthy body may sometimes be difficult to attain. Especially for busy people who have no time to monitor the food they take into their body. But the important thing to remember is to make sure that the daily diet is composed of the right food groups and nutrients. The right foods have their natural calcium contents. If individuals who make sure that they maintain a healthy diet, there is little amount needed which needs extra effort to attain. And lastly, maintaing a healthy diet would work best with the corresponding effort to maintain a healthy supply. This would certainly ensure a steady supply of calcium that the body needs.

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