Calcium food sources

Calcium-food-sources-abloomnova.net_ Calcium food sources

If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, or have any interest in how the body manages nutrients, you will probably know that calcium needs a little extra help to be absorbed by the body.

There are several ways of doing this. Vitamin D is the nutrient most paired with calcium – and has a couple of ways of allowing the body to absorb as much calcium as possible. There is also magnesium and a few other nutrients that help as well.

Some people rely on vitamin D through the sunshine. Some take a calcium supplement combined with vitamin D and others just rely on calcium food sources for allowing the right absorption process to take place.

One reader to the website, SaveOurBones, has raved about the banana’s ability to help calcium get absorbed. This fruit has a tonne of nutrients which help the body deal with elements like calcium correctly. Not only that, but they are jam-packed with components that are hugely powerful for the body, as we read here:

This amazing tropical fruit is extremely rich in a compound called fructooligosaccharides, which nourishes the bacteria (some bacteria in your body is very beneficial) in your colon, allowing for an increase in the production of digestive enzymes and vitamins that help you absorb important bone-strengthening nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium.

What’s more, green bananas, also known as plantains, contain one other key component, in addition to fructooligosaccharides. They contain short chain fatty acids (SCFA’s) which makes them TWICE as effective at strengthening your bones. This happens because your body lacks the enzymes to break down SCFAs, so they pass through your small intestine and are consumed by the bacteria that line the walls of your large intestine. The more SCFAs you feed to these cells the healthier they are, resulting in a more efficient absorption of bone-friendly nutrients.

The bottom line: bananas, especially the green ones, are excellent for your bones.

And it doesn’t hurt that they are delicious, too.

 

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