While we think of calcium as a bone-building nutrient, this mineral has multiple roles in every cell of the body. In fat cells, calcium influences the mechanism that causes fat to be stored. Calcium-deficient diets seem to have the effect of turning on the cells' fat-storing mechanism, while high calcium intake appears to have the opposite effect. A study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition reported that mice which were fed a high-calcium diet lost nearly half of their stored body fat, while the mice on the low calcium diets responded with only an eight percent weight loss on the same number of calories. I don't recommend that you start taking huge doses of calcium to try to drop excess pounds as it may cause imbalances with other important minerals, such as magnesium and potassium. I suggest that women should take 1200 to 1500 mg of calcium a day, and men should take at least 1000 mg to maintain healthy bones and aid in maintaining a healthy weight.
Foods that provide calcium: Dairy foods, Salmon (with bones), sardines, seafood, and dark green leafy veggies. almonds, asparagus, black strap molasses, brewer's yeast, broccoli, buttermilk, cabbage, carob, cheese, collards, dandelion greens, figs, filbert's, oats, prunes, soybeans, tofu, watercress, whey, kale, kelp, sesame seeds,
Herbs that contain calcium: alfalfa, burdock root, cayenne, chamomile, chickweed, fennel seed, rose hips, horsetail, hops,lemongrass, flax seed
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