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Essential nutrients your body needs for building bone
Many nutrients play a role in bone health, such as calcium, vitamin D, protein, magnesium, phosphorous, and potassium. If you eat a healthy diet (with lots of fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and lean proteins), you'll get enough of most nutrients needed to keep your bones healthy and functioning well. But some nutrients require extra ...
Vitamins and Minerals - The Nutrition Source
Vitamins and minerals are micronutrients required by the body to carry out a range of normal functions. ... RDA is the average daily dietary intake sufficient to meet the nutrient requirement of 97-98% of healthy individuals in a particular group according to stage of life and gender. ... Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorous ...