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Show Calcium Deficiency Robs Bones Myth: Bone deterioration affects only elderly women. Fact: Bone deterioration, or osteoporosis, begins as early as 25 or 30 years old. Osteoporosis is a condition condi-tion that makes, bones brittle, brit-tle, weak and subject to sudden fracture. It affects about 50 percent of women wom-en 60 years and older. Maintaining adequate calcium calci-um intake is a lifetime necessity. If your diet doesn't supply sup-ply enough calcium, your body steals what it needs from your bones. Many doctors doc-tors are now urging women to maintain adequate calcium cal-cium intake throughout their lives. Since few women wom-en get their recommended daily allowance of calcium through their diet, they're taking calcium supplements. One new supplement Cal-Sup tablets from Riker Laboratories Inc. 3M provides pro-vides about as much cal-clium cal-clium in each tablet as a glass of milk. The pleasant-tasting pleasant-tasting tablets have only two calories each and can be chewed or swallowed. Consult your physician about calcium needs. Individual Indi-vidual requirements may ary due to diet, exercise, physiology, age and other factors. |