If you have faced any of the following you may be at risk.
How much calcium do you get from the following:
Vegetables and Fruits: | |
Cauliflower | - 140 mg |
Betroot | - 200 mg |
Dates (Khajoor) | - 70 mg |
Fenugreek (methi) | - 470 mg |
Cabbage | - 80 mg |
Oranges | - 50 mg |
Spinach (palak) | - 60 mg |
Figs (anjeer) | - 60 mg |
Raisins | - 100 mg |
Lady Fingers | - 90 mg |
Grapes (blue) | - 30 mg |
Apple | - 10 mg |
Banana | - 10 mg |
Papaya | - 10 mg |
Nuts : Calcium Mg per 100 g | |
Groundnuts | -50 mg |
Almonds | - 230mg |
Pistachio (pista) | - 140mg |
Cereals and Pulses: | |
Bajra | - 50mg |
Ragi | - 330mg |
Wheat flour, whole | - 50mg |
Wheat flour, | - 20mg |
Blackgram dal(urad dal) | - 200mg |
Rice(raw or parboiled) | - 10mg |
Rice (flakes or puffed) | - 20 mg |
Soyabean | - 240 mg |
Dal | - 160 mg |
Blackgram dal(urad dal) | - 200 mg |
Dairy Products: | |
Milk, cow's | - 120mg |
Milk,buffalo's | - 210 mg |
Milk,buffalo's | - 120mg |
Cheese | - 790mg |
Milk powder,skimmed | -1370mg |
Milk powder,whole | - 910 mg |
What are the dietary sources of Vit D? | |
Egg yolk | - 50 |
Liver (chicken) | - 70 |
Cheese | - 12-15 |
Milk | - 0.3-4 |
Butter | - 35 |
The normal adult is presumed to obtain sufficient Vit D from exposure to sunlight and the incidental ingestion of amounts in foods.