Supplementing calcium to a child is like putting a deposit in the bank. After 1% calcium requirement is met in the body, the excessive part is used to develop its bone. The child will grow taller with sufficient bone mineral density.
Minerals are one of the seven major nutrients and calcium has the highest content in the human body. Calcium is the element necessary for vital movement as the source of metabolism. Calcium is utilised and consumed in vital movement such as transmission of nervous substance, cardiac impulse, muscle contraction, etc. 99% of human body calcium is stored in bone and this 1% of calcium is located in one's blood. Do not ignore this 1% as when in deficiency, it will be called from the soft tissue of bone to maintain 1% blood.
