Recently, the topic of “whether infants and children should take calcium supplements” has been buzzing on Weibo. Calcium deficiency and vitamin D deficiency (D deficiency) can lead to rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults, while excessive calcium supplementation can inhibit the absorption of other trace elements (such as zinc) and promote the formation of urinary tract stones, which is detrimental to the development of the nervous system in children and the kidney function in adults. The safest and most effective way to prevent calcium and D deficiency is a balanced diet rich in calcium and D based on the recommended intake of calcium and D at different ages. Let’s talk about osteoporosis in adults. Osteoporosis is a systemic bone metabolism disorder caused by long-term calcium deficiency, which leads to damage of bone structure, reduction of bone mineral composition, thinning of bone mass, reduction of bone trabeculae, increased bone fragility and increased risk of fracture. In short, it is the loss of bone mass caused by calcium deficiency (especially in middle-aged and older adults and menopausal women, as well as in young, light-weight “pretty boys and girls” who have been dieting for a long time). Calcium and D deficiency in the short term to a few years is just an “invisible” micronutrient malnutrition that is easily overlooked; however, the causal link of long-term deficiency is that you find yourself with lower back pain, heel pain, unable to straighten your back, and sometimes even mistaken for “kidney deficiency” in Chinese medicine or lumbar spine disease. ” or lumbar spine disease. At this time, it may be worthwhile to do a checkup at the hospital outpatient clinic: the endocrinologist will take you to put your feet into an ultrasound machine shaped like a footbath, and after two minutes, it will probably tell you seriously: bone density decline, bone mass reduction OR osteoporosis. At this point, it is too late for dietary calcium supplementation. At this time, you need to go to the endocrinology department, through the drug to supplement calcium and D, can only become one of the means of osteoporosis treatment, other anti-bone resorption and other drug treatment also come together, in the supplementation of osteogenic material at the same time, more importantly, to slow down the further destruction of bone. So, before we reach the peak of elevated bone density at 35, let’s fill our bones with more hardness and minerals through a healthy diet!