Which nutrient helps build strong bones?

Answer 1

calcium

Answer 2

Protein is made up of Amino acids. The human body can naturally synthesise some of the 20 amino acids required by the human body but not all of them, so we need to ensure that we have a diet that adequately supplies these.

All meat and eggs contains all of the required amino acids, however, not all vegetable proteins do which makes it especially important for vegetarians to make sure they eat a number of different vegetable proteins such as beans, tofu, mushrooms etc.

Muscle tissue is made up mostly of protein. There is also fat, cartilage other sinewy material but the bulk of it is protein. Hair and figernails are also made of a kind of protein called Keratin.

Proteins are made up of long chains of amino acids that are formed into muscle cells.

Hormones, mainly testosterone but also some others, act as regulators that trigger muscle growth. During childhood and adolescence, this growth happens normally and is quite different to the sort of muscle growth that occurs when going to the gym and working out.

When you excercise, you lengthen, stretch and create micro-rips in muscles tissue. When you tear your muscles like that, it often is very painful the next day or day after. During that recovery period, body builders will consume protein shakes containing whey protein and egg whites as well as other refined forms of protein in order to supply their bodies with enough protein to adequately repair the damage caused by the weight training. The recovery period is when the muscle growth occurs, not during the training so overdoing the training is not going to help you get bigger muscles.

Steroids work by increasing the rate at which the muscle repair occurs. This is useful medically post-operation where drugs like cortesone are used to help your body heal. Some athletes break the rules by taking steroids, however, and abusing steroids can have quite serious side effects so it's not recommended to take without doctor's advice.

The processes that describe childhood and adolescent growth are extremely complex systems and not completely understood by scientists so there is a long way to go in working out the complete answer to this question.

Answer 3

For growth and strength . Interestingly, the addition of animal protein to man's diet is credited with growth of the human brain. In pre-hisoric times, man did not always have the incomplete proteins avaiable to make a complete protein , but when we started eating meat, we got bigger, stronger, AND smarter.

Answer 4

Calcium is the nutrient that helps build strong bones.