Middle-aged men indulging in decadent delicacies. Beer-swilling, overweight uncles chain-smoking in the Kopitam. Mention gout sufferers and such images are likely to come to mind. But it is a myth that only middle-aged and elder men are affected by gout.
According to doctors TODAY spoke to, aside from older men and some postmenopausal women, this chronic [...]
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Young and incapacitated – Gout is not just a disease of the old
Posted in News Articles, Nutrition, tagged Gout on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CALCIUM
Posted in Nutrition, tagged Absorption, Adolescents, Allowance, Bones, Caffeine, Calcium, Calcium-fortified, Children, Daily, Dairy, FAO/WHO, Infants, Intake, Men, Milk, Oxalates, Phytates, Recommended, Salt, Skeletons, Spinach, Women on August 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Calcium is a major building-block of our bone tissue, and our skeleton houses 99% of our body’s calcium stores. By International Osteoporosis Foundation
The calcium inĀ our bones also acts as a ‘reservoir’ for maintaining calcium levels in the blood, which is essential for healthy nerve and muscle functioning. The amount of calcium we need t consume [...]