Early Calcium-rich Diet Key to Lifelong Bone Health

by Thilaka Ravi on  May 15, 2010 at 9:43 AM Diet & Nutrition News
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The researchers are using pigs as a model for human health because pigs and humans are similar when it comes to bone growth and nutrition. Pigs are one of the few animals known to experience bone breaks related to osteoporosis, Stahl said.

"For me," Stahl said, "the biggest message is that calcium nutrition, or mineral nutrition as a whole, needs to be a priority from day one. Early life nutrition is setting children up physiologically for the rest of their lives."

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