Calcium

If you are counting on soy in all its versatile forms – milk, plain beans, yogurt, and cheese – to help with your calcium quotient, know that it offers a DV ranging from 4% to as much as 66%. Calcium-fortified soy variants especially tend to chalk up a score that’s at the higher end of the scale.

Cow’s milk is a great source of calcium whether it’s whole milk, reduced fat, or nonfat. A cup equals 300 mg (30% DV) of the nutrient. To up the ante, try buffalo or sheep milk (40% DV). Even nondairy options like almond and rice milk make good calcium-rich alternatives.

Hypocalcemia which is the acute deficiency of serum calcium in the body manifest as various symptoms that vary from neuromuscular and neurological to dermatological and cardiac. Your vision could get affected and you could even develop a cataract from hypocalcemia.

Ionize your water with a lemon or baking soda to manage your BP, blood sugar, and cholesterol; improve bone metabolism, keeping its mineral content high; and treat acid reflux. Alkaline water helps most if you're physically active as it balances the lactic acid in the blood after a workout and keeps your heart and lungs less stressed. But too much of it can hamper your digestion and deposit excess calcium in the kidneys.

Why collagen may be more important for bones than calcium? Bones are made up of dynamic living tissue that requires a wide range of nutrients--not just minerals such as calcium--to maintain optimum health. While minerals tend to get all of the attention when it comes to bones, decreased collagen content is also an important factor in osteoporosis and low bone density.