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By SANDRA R. RICHARDSON
Extension Agent, Home Economics
It is the fifth most abundant element in the body, making up almost 2 percent of your body weight and 12 percent of your bones. It is calcium.
Most people know that one needs calcium for strong bones and teeth, particularly during childhood and adolescence when bones become hard and lengthen as you grow. By the time a person is mature, 99 percent of the calcium in the body is found in the bones.
The other 1 percent performs a host of life-sustaining, although lesser-known, functions. The regu
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