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What Are the Best Vitamins Recommended For Women?

The Women Health magazine mentions in its May review — “While Food and Drug Administration daily value recommendations for vitamins haven’t changed since 1968, what we know about nutrition has.

The Institute of Medicine has new recommendations for vitamins called dietary reference intakes.” The complete review by Lisa Drayer,a nutritional adviser and contributing editor to Women Health can be seen at the ABCNews.com

The main four essential multivitamin supplements that women require are

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Calcium Importance in Women Diet

In the USA, about 17 million women face a risk of osteoporosis, a gradual thinning of the bones that in later age has the effect of spine curvature, hip fractures and generally fragile bone structure. Sufficient calcium intake by young women ensures that they build up peak bone mass and achieve optimal bone density, hence avoiding the risk of osteoporosis in later life.

Calcium intake for women is a much discussed subject today on the media and at various health related conferences and literature. There are mixed views despite the fact that the importance of calcium is indeed immense in women’s diet, even more so than in men.

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