Question

If you consume a diet __________ in calcium, your body's ability to absorb calcium __________. If you consume a diet __________ in calcium, your body's ability to absorb calcium __________. high; increases high; stabilizes high; decreases low; decrease

Answer 1

Answer:

High and decreases.

Explanation:

If our body consumes a diet with high calcium amount than the body's ability to absorb calcium will decrease because some components in food such as oxalic acid and phytic acid, occurs naturally in some plants, which bind with calcium and can inhibit its absorption in the body.

Foods that contain high levels of oxalic acid are spinach, collard greens, beans, and sweet potato. Foods that contain phytic acid are fiber-containing whole-grain products, seeds, and soy isolates. Humans only absorb 30% of the calcium in food and it depends on which type of food we are consuming.