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RICKETS is a disorder caused y a lack of vitamin D,calcium,or phosphate.
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What bone disease is caused by a lack of calcium the diet?
Nutritional rickets, also called osteomalacia, is a condition caused by vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for the normal formation of bones and teeth and necessary for the appropriate absorption of calcium and phosphorus from the bowels Rickets.
What bone disease caused by a lack of calcium in the diet?
Nutritional rickets, also called osteomalacia, is a condition caused by vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for the normal formation of bones and teeth and necessary for the appropriate absorption of calcium and phosphorus from the bowels Rickets.
What bone disease is called by the lack of calcium in the diet?
Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
What can prevent MBD in reptiles?
Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) in reptiles - is caused mainly by a lack of calcium in their diet. Dusting their food with a proprietary vitamin powder is the easiest way to ensure they get a balanced vitamin and mineral intake.
What kind of disease is caused by a mineral missing from the diet?
it depends which mineral is missing in the diet. for example deficiency of calcium can lead to retarded growth in children and osteoporosis in adults.
Increase bone strength?
You can increase your bone strength by taking Calcium. As you get older you will need more amounts of calcium in your diet.
Elements that detect and causes bone diseases?
Bone disease is a devastating illness that is preventable by eating a balanced diet and refraining from smoking. Maintaining a diet that is high in calcium as well as vitamin D, is a good preventative for bone disease.
What are some common preventatives for bone disease?
The best way to keep your bones healthy and prevent disease is through exercise and maintaining a healthy diet, most importantly making sure your diet includes enough calcium and vitamin D.
When a person's diet is too low in calcium the blood levels of calcium will remain constant because the body will get calcium from the?
bone
When a person's diet is too low in calcium the blood levels of calcium will remain constant because the body will get calcium from?
bone
What are the effects of not taking calcium?
Your nervous system needs calcium to function. If you don't have it in your diet then your body will extract calcium from your bones to supply it. This leads to things like "brittle bone disease". In other words, it will weaken your skeletal structure to keep you alive. Breaking a bone is secondary, to your body, to keeping your nervous system alive.
What deficency disease is caused by a diet that lacks iodine?
Goiter is caused by a diet deficient in iodine.
