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On this broadcast of The National Conversation, we answer your questions about the economy, mental health and new symptoms of COVID-19. We'll also look at how people are celebrating big life events.

In this lockdown, low-wage workers have been publicly declared "essential" up there with doctors and nurses. But the workers say their pay, benefits and protections don't reflect it.

To safely reopen without risking new COVID-19 outbreaks, states need enough staffing to do the crucial work of contact tracing. We surveyed public health agencies to find out how much they have.

The number of lives taken by COVID-19 in the U.S. has reached a grim milestone: More people have died of the disease than the 58,220 Americans who perished in the Vietnam War.

The U.S. also has more than 57,000 deaths, just months after the coronavirus was identified.

Vice President Pence on Tuesday said he was following CDC guidelines in not wearing a face mask during public appearances since he is frequently tested for the coronavirus.

An APM Reports analysis finds that public labs the first line of defense in an outbreak in at least 10 states endured budget troubles or staffing shortages in the past decade.

President Trump and a pageant of guests attempted on Monday to sell the idea that victory when it comes to scaled-up testing is just around the corner.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky tells NPR that he expects his company to survive the coronavirus pandemic by emphasizing cleanliness, and acknowledging that travel is likely changed forever.

President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to ensure plants keep running. Workers have said they need more protection after illnesses and deaths on the line.

The iconic vessel was intended to provide overflow capacity to the New York metropolitan area but ultimately wasn't needed as badly as first feared.

There will be restrictions, including no practices and no more than four players at a facility at one time.

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For this, today we present you some methods by which youll lose your weight in a short time and simply. Juice fasting: Juice fasting is understood for weight administration, it additionally helps within the technique of digestion and eliminates many illnesses. it happens.

Juice fasting is the most suitable choice for weight reduction, it additionally will increase immunity energy within the physique. Some individuals consider that juices fasting additionally protects towards most cancers illness. Vegetables and fruits are the perfect for juicing fasting as a result of theyre thought-about They have fewer chemical compounds and pesticides.

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Include vegetable juices greater than fruit juices and the juices you are taking are stuffed with vitamins and will not be sugary and never too acidic. Juice fasting doesnt work in your physique like every other eating regimen. Toxin can be eliminated by eradicating the chemical from the physique.

In juices fasting, its pure to have some fatigue at first. In extra extreme instances, issues like diarrhea, low blood strain and extreme dizziness may happen. Juice fasting just isnt for all individuals.

Because generally staying on the juice may trigger acidity, complications, fuel and diarrhea. When taking the juice in your eating regimen, its a must to be very cautious in order that your weight doesnt enhance as an alternative of reducing the degrees of sugar within the blood of the physique. Juice fasting just isnt made for younger kids, pregnant ladies, previous individuals and folks with weakened immune techniques.

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From Men's Health

While the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has halted the cadence of everyday life for just about everyone, the world is now beginning to adjust. We're all handling the challenges of social distancing and self-isolation differentlybut that doesn't mean that we have to go it completely alone in every sense.

At Men's Health, we're using this period as an opportunity to build up our community and share as much useful, positive information as possible. For everyone stuck missing their typical workout routines with gyms and fitness centers closed down, we've done our best to provide as many at-home workout options as possible. But that's just the start. We're also hosting live workout sessions on Instagram with some of our favorite trainers to fill the fitness class-shaped void in your daily routine.

Sean Garner, the creator of the Men's Health 6-Week Sweat Off program for the All Out Studio streaming fitness platform, hosted another live home workout session at home. For this routine, you don't need anything more than a water bottlebut that doesn't mean that you won't work progressively harder as you move through the circuit.

The workout, which you'll complete in a circuit, demands that you work for 30 seconds for each exercise during the first round, 45 seconds for the second, and a full minute for the third. If you think Round 1 is challenging, just wait until you ramp up to twice the length of time in Round 3.

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Not challenged enough? Garner suggests you move back down the ladder for a 5 round workout, with extra 45 second and 30 second splits.

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The coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot about modern American life: how we work, socialize, and even how we eat. Dining out is a distant memory.

But nutritionally, people werent exactly thriving in pre-pandemic America. Before COVID-19 came along, it was increasingly clear that the diet quality and nutritional status of Americans was terrible, says Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. More than 40% of U.S. adults are obese. After years of declines, heart disease death rates are on the rise again. So are rates of obesity-linked cancers among younger people. Poor diets are the number-one cause of poor health in the U.S., according to a 2018 study published in JAMA.

Now that Americans are eating most meals at home, might our diets actually improve?

Researchers are just beginning to study how people are feeding themselves during the pandemic, and while there is no robust data yet, the shifts are obvious. People are eating almost every meal at home, which is a huge change, says Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and dean of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science. By necessity, Americans are cooking more; web traffic to cooking and recipe websites is surging. In an April survey of about 1,000 American adults, by the food and beverage communications firm HUNTER, about half said they were cooking and baking more now than before the pandemic, and 38% were ordering less takeout and delivery.

Its possible that a shift toward home cooking, if it persists, could eventually lead to reductions in chronic diet-related illnesses, like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Eating a healthy diet is linked to a longer life, and one of the biggest predictors of eating a healthy diet is eating at home, Mozaffarian says. His new research published in April in the Journal of Nutrition found that Americans get about 21% of their calories from restaurantsand most of that food is of poor nutritional quality. Restaurant foods tend to be fairly unhealthy, he says; theres a lot of variation depending on the restaurant and what you order, but typical menu offerings at large chains, for example, are high in sodium, calories, saturated fat and sugar. Cooking puts you in control of the ingredients that end up in your meal.

But he and other experts emphasize that on a population level, any long-term improvements caused by increased cooking are likely to be small compared to the bad health effects of this crisis. Besides the devastating toll of the coronavirus itself, stay-at-home orders limit physical activity, social isolation likely increases loneliness (which is linked to heart attacks and stroke) and job loss destroys peoples access to health care.

Unhealthy foods are also still in wide circulation. Flour, sugar, canned soups and alcoholnot exactly staples of a wholesome diethave all surged in U.S. sales during the pandemic. Health officials are urging Americans to go grocery shopping as infrequently as possible, boosting the appeal of highly processed foods, which last longer than fresh but are loaded with sugar, fat and salt and linked to a higher risk of cancer . The stress of the pandemic may also make people want to bake batches of cookies and load up on processed snacks, since foods like these can comfort people in scary times.

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Just because a meal is cooked at home does not mean its healthyand not everyone has the same opportunity to prepare meals with healthy ingredients, says Julia Wolfson, an assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Wolfson is conducting a national survey of low-income adults to find out how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their eating behaviors and food choices. It matters if you have access to fresh vegetables and fruit, or if you have the income to buy perishable foods that are less processed and less energy-dense than a lot of the more shelf-stable, highly processed foods. Her past research has found that the relationship between cooking more frequently and having a better diet only holds true for higher income households.

She and others expect the pandemic to widen the nutritional disparities between wealthier and working-class Americans. More than 26 million people have filed for unemployment since mid-March, and there is now unmeetable demand at food banks and a spate of sign-ups for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which arent always sufficient or easy to obtain even in the best of times. For people who are able to work from home and have kept their jobs and have a stable source of incomeand who are now not eating out as much as they were before and cooking at home morewe are going to see this relationship with better diet quality, Wolfson predicts. But for others who have lost their jobs or who live in neighborhoods where produce isnt well stocked or grocery delivery isnt offered, they might be relying even more than usual on some of these more highly processed foods that are very shelf-stable and affordable, but not very good for you. That also creates an opening for fast-food restaurants that are offering a lot of deals right now to fill that gap for people.

It is more expensive to feed a family in this context, says Sinikka Elliott, associate professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia and co-author of Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Wont Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It. With kids out of school and daycare, families can no longer depend on lunch or breakfast being covered for their children. And for shoppers on a budget, its not just annoying to substitute out-of-stock ingredients at the supermarket; its costly. You cant shop for sales the way you used to, Elliott says. All of these things make it difficult for families who were already struggling before this. While the pandemic gives many people more time at homea lack of which is one of the major reasons why people say they dont cook morethat, too, is uneven. For essential workers or people taking care of children, extra time for shopping and cooking may not exist.

So much variability makes it difficult to predict how the coronavirus pandemic will change how Americans eat, or if these changes will be permanent. But one thing is becoming clear: The epidemic is likely affecting diets, and our diets are likely affecting who dies, says Willett. He is now studying how peoples diets are linked to their outcomes if they get infected with the coronavirus. Research is finding that major risk factors for being hospitalized for COVID-19 include diet-related conditions, like obesity, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes. If we had a metabolically healthy population, the risk of hospitalization from COVID could be dramatically lower, Mozaffarian says.

Poor metabolic health is devastating for resilience of the population, he adds. We need a healthier food system through better policy, not just the random chance disaster of restaurants being closed.

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Americans' news consumption habits are deeply polarized. Liberals tend to use a certain set of news sources; conservatives, another set. A recent series of Gallup/Knight Foundation surveys, including interviews with more than 13,500 U.S. adults, finds that polarized news media habits seem to have an independent effect on the way Americans view the news media.

News consumption diet -- the top news sources people use -- is strongly related to opinions about the news media. Only 3% of Americans with a conservative news diet have a "very favorable" or "favorable" opinion of the media, compared with 56% of those with a liberal news diet and 34% with a mixed news diet. For more information on how Gallup categorizes news diets, see the online appendix (PDF download).

A similar relationship exists between news diet and trust in national news organizations, suggesting that favorability of the news media and trust in national news organizations measure the same underlying attitudes. Meanwhile, 27% of those with a conservative news diet express "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of trust in local news organizations, but many more with a mixed (48%) or liberal news diet (56%) say the same.

Another important predictor of media favorability and trust in news organizations is the amount of attention people pay to the news. Heavy news consumers -- those who pay "a great deal" of attention to local, national or international news -- are twice as likely as less engaged news consumers to have a "very favorable" or "favorable" opinion of the media (45% vs. 21%, respectively). Similarly, 54% of heavy news consumers express "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of trust in local news organizations, while 35% of those who pay less attention say the same.

Yet, the effect of heavy news consumption does not increase favorability toward the media or trust in news organizations equally across the various news diets, according to a statistical analysis that accounts for the effects of several demographic and attitudinal characteristics like partisanship and ideology.

The following chart shows the estimated favorability toward the media that a U.S. adult who is moderate and independent would have, based on news diet. As above, such an individual would hold a less favorable opinion of the media if they have a conservative news diet. Importantly, favorability toward the media slightly decreases if this individual has a conservative news diet and is a heavy news consumer rather than a less engaged consumer. In contrast, this same individual will hold a more favorable view toward the media if they consume a mixed or liberal news diet -- and this is even more the case if they are a heavy consumer of news.

Views of local news organizations reveal a similar pattern. Regardless of how much news this hypothetical moderate independent consumes, their trust in local news organizations will be roughly the same if they consume a conservative news diet. In contrast, this person's trust will increase if they are a heavy consumer of news with a mixed or liberal news diet, compared with a less engaged news consumer with the same mixed or liberal news diet.

A strictly conservative news diet appears to suppress the greater trust in local news organizations that often accompanies heavy news consumption. Perceived bias -- an important driver for distrust in news sources -- may partly account for why those in a conservative news ecosystem exhibit less trust in local media organizations. Six in 10 Americans with a conservative news diet say local news organizations in their area lean liberal, whereas 35% of those with a liberal news diet say these news organizations lean conservative.1

Other studies have found a connection between a conservative news diet and low media trust, specifically involving a link between conservative talk radio exposure and low media trust. These results also suggest that the general skepticism Americans with a conservative news diet hold toward the national news media might be seeping into attitudes of trust in local news organizations.

The relationships described above are not causal evidence that a conservative news media diet reduces trust in news organizations. A third factor, which is unknown or not easily measured, could be related to both trust in the media and media consumption habits, and could account for the difference between those two factors.

Alternatively, the causal relationship may go in the other direction. Americans choose to get news from some sources and not others partly because the portrayal of events and topics align with their preexisting attitudes and beliefs. Non-experimental survey data that capture attitudes and self-reported behaviors cannot rule out these alternative explanations.

To explore the causal effect of news consumption habits, Gallup, in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will launch an online experimental platform called NewsLens. This news aggregator website will capture users' news consumption habits by tracking what articles they read, like, share and rate. These actions are complemented by surveys on the platform that capture opinions about the media and policy issues. In this way, NewsLens will advance knowledge about how media consumption habits shape attitudes and behaviors.

Polarized news consumption habits lead to a split-screen phenomenon, in which Americans are exposed to different narratives of the same events, based on the information sources they use. These narratives can influence people's opinions, beliefs and behaviors. Previous studies demonstrate the effect media exposure can have on important matters like voting intention, voter turnout and increased political engagement.

Similarly, consumption of certain news sources is related to trust in news organizations. Democrats tend to occupy an information ecosystem that reinforces their general trust of the news media, while Republicans inhabit one that amplifies their general distrust. These information pipelines create additional barriers to forming a common, fact-based narrative when interpreting important events.

[1] This relationship between news diet and perceived bias of local news organizations remains significant at p<.05 level after controlling for salient covariates like partisanship and ideology.

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There are many fruits that can help improve your health and well-being this season, and one of these is in the form of papaya. Known for its luscious, sweet and juicy taste and a soft, buttery consistency,this soft, pear-like tropical fruit was reputably called "the fruit of the angels" by Christopher Columbus. Although native to Central America, papaya is also present in many other subtropical lands, which include India, Southeast Asia (particularly in the Philippines where it is consumed as a snack or used an ingredient for many savory dishes) and parts of Africa.

Loaded with fiber as well as vitamins and minerals such as zinc and magnesium, papaya is good for your health all-year round. Here are the top reasons why you should include this fruit in your diet now:

Prevents Diabetes

Papaya helps prevent diabetes, which has become increasingly and alarmingly common. This tasty fruit is a great mix of sweet and healthy. Its sweet taste masks the fact that it has low sugar levels, therefore preventing your body's sugar levels from going higher. Papaya is also rich in dietary fibers, which help combat blood sugar spikes especially among diabetics.

Improves Your Vision

Consuming papayas regularly helps improve your vision. In fact, the fruit is packed with vitamin A, which is essential for eye health. It also protects your eyes from macular degeneration, an aging-related medical condition that results in blurring or complete loss of vision.

Good For Arthritis

Characterized by inflammation of one or more joints, arthritis can make you miss out on a lot of things later in life.

However, a papaya can help prevent that from happening to you. That is because it contains papain, an anti-inflammatory compound that reduces pain and stiffness in your bones. Also, regular papaya consumption can increase calcium in your body, thus strengthening your bones, and strong bones can help prevent arthritis especially at an old age.

Cures Menstrual Pain And Irregular Periods

Munching on papayas help deal with severe menstrual pain and irregular periods, particularly among women.

Papaya helps contract the uterus muscles, easing painful flow. It also contains carotene, a substance that helps regulate the hormone estrogen in the body, thereby inducing regular periods.

Boosts Your Immune System

Through their high amounts of vitamin C and antioxidants, papayas help boost your immune system, which is vital in reducing and eliminating the risk of various infections and diseases -- which include viruses such as the flu and the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Boosts Your Digestive System

Papayas are rich in fiber and water, both of which are vital for your digestive system. Specifically, they help ease bowel movement, keeping digestive issues such as diarrhea, nausea and constipation at bay.

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UFC fighters are some of the fittest people in the sporting world. They need to be razor-sharp, stay in shape, and make weight without it taking a toll on their health. Their bodies are immaculately sculpted and they engage in intense training as they need to be at their peak for a maximum of 25 minutes. While we get to see awe-inspiring videos of fighters training and working out their food habits are rarely revealed.

However, it is an important component as food goes hand in hand with training. It certainly wouldnt bode well to eat snacks and sugary foods as these will keep any athlete lethargic. It will also not provide them with whats required to help them recover from those intense workouts we see.

In a chat with GQ, Anderson Silva says he tries to eat a well-balanced diet. I dont eat sugar, I cut bad carbs, salt alcohol and I try to drink more water these days than I did then.

A UFC website article says, foods that are energy-packed will help fuel your body to train harder and recover better. These components include carbohydrates, protein, healthy sources of fats, fruits and vegetables, and fluids.

It breaks each element down. This provides readers with information to make an informed decision regarding their diet.

These are foods rich in energy and consumed during in-season when calorie and carbohydrate needs are at their highest. This is the principal fuel source needed by athletes for their high-intensity workouts. Anderson Silva avoids the bad carbs. However, Khabib Nurmagomedov consumes a carb rich diet. It helps him gain the stamina to be at his peak for 5 full rounds.

As per a Live Strong article, carbohydrates are important as they help fighters recover after weight cuts. They are useful when fighters drop weight to compete at a lower weight class too.

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A Sport Casting article says, if McGregor is put on a keto diet, then McGregor would be s*****d because he needs his carbs for energy.

UFC fighters are muscular and need to have an excellent amount of metabolism as making weight is half the fight. Also, they have to build muscle and ensure that they recover post their workouts. Proteins help an impressive deal here. Examples include eggs, chicken, turkey, sirloin and lean ground beef, fish, cheese, and tofu. Henry Cejudo had a balance of protein and carbs ahead of his UFC 218 training camp.

The article says it is part of diets to help the fighters maintain immunity. They are also consumed when fighters are in offseason and engage in light workouts. Examples include nuts, nut butter, seeds, olives, avocados, and oils. Fat heavy diets are beneficial for off-season training as carbs or protein intake may be lower. Along with carbs, it also helps fighters increase weight as they are no longer content with being the kings of one division.

Following the weight gain, they switch their diet to include more proteins as they shape their body and get fighting fit at a new weight. In the Tweet, McGregor looks about the same and has increased muscle mass. He had to eat fats to build up mass to make the conversion and compete at an optimum level.

The plate changes during pre-season and in-season, which is around the time a fight is announced. Moderate fats are advised during an in-season and a limited amount of fats are on the diet charts in offseason.

However, based on how the UFC athletes lined up to compete at UFC 249. It seems as though the entire year is a pre-season. As a result, they need a very short in-season.

Greens have antioxidant properties. During in-season, they are essential for adequate recovery and immune function. During the off-season, they sustain health, recovery, and body composition. The latter statement holds true for the period between weight cuts and the fight as well.

Fruits and vegetables offer vitamins, minerals, and most importantly fibers. Some of the examples of this include spinach, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli, beans, and the carbs rich bananas.

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones is one of the most ripped fighters on the circuit. He recently switched to a 90% plant diet. It offers him vital nutrients and fuels him as he attempts to increase his record of most wins in title fights.

It is important during both the in-season and off-season as well. Lack of fluids results in a tired mind, which in turn results in a loss of intensity and laziness. Anderson Silva says, it helps my body absorb the nutrientsthat if I dont stay hydrated, it wont matter what I eat.

It shows us how crucial fluid intake is in the performance plate of any fighter or athlete. While it may seem repairable to us, the smallest misstep in a fighters diet can set them back days and undo a whole host of efforts.

They chart out the diet and the examples. However, the article goes on to state that it is important to vary the diet based on personal requirements. It means that one shouldnt go protein-heavy throughout.

A balanced diet is crucial to their conditioning. Notorious Instagram post shows him consuming a mixture of proteins, carbs, and greens ahead of his return to the Octagon.

In the words of the article, performance plate will look different in season versus offseason. The proportions are outlined. However, every fighters diet needs to be different. It is a strict science which varies as per every fighters unique body, and unique requirements at the time.

No single plan will be effective for two separate fighters. UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman told Muscle and Fitness, Im extremely lean, and my body requires food that fuels the high level of endurance that fits my fighting style.

Bantamweight Champion Henry Cejudo may not consume as much as one of the higher weight fighters.

The article says, A lighter training day or rest day can include a plate with mostly vegetables and some fruits, about of the meal can be whole grains and roughly of the meal lean proteins.

In the buildup to a fight, the number of training sessions, sparring, and workouts may be much higher. To replenish their energy the fighters must be on roughly of a meal with vegetables and some fruits, roughly of the plate or meal to be lean proteins and of the meal to be whole grains. Lower or higher portions of each component are dependent on the intensity of training for the day.

Hence, an ideal performance plate for the ideal UFC body depends upon personal requirements as highlighted by examples of top fighters.

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Heart attacks occur when the heart is starved of oxygen and blood. The blockage is most often a buildup of fat, cholesterol and other substances, which form a plaque in the arteries that feed the heart. This harmful process is called coronary heart disease (CHD).

Eating tofu and other soy-based foods with high levels of isoflavones was found to lower the risk of heart disease, according to a study conducted by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Isoflavones are part of a group of plant-based compounds called phytoestrogens.

The study, led by Qi Sun, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition, analysed data from more than 200,000 participants in existing health studies, including the Nurses Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

The researcher found that those who ate tofu more than once a week lowered their risk of heart disease by 18 percent.

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Im a student preparing for an entrance examination. Over the past two weeks, I have been feeling exhausted, with body pain in the legs, shoulder and neck. What foods can I eat to help me?

The stress of studying, along with long hours of sitting, can result in body pain and loss of energy. This can get worse if you live in a city with high humidity or during rainy weather. To combat this, focus on magnesium-rich foods that can reduce muscle fatigue and even serve as natural muscle relaxants, such as pumpkin seeds (1 tbsp), rajma, chana, peanuts and coconut water. Aim to walk and stretch one minute for every 30 minutes you are sitting, to reduce the pain. Watch out for incorrect sitting posture while studying.

I am from Lucknow and have recently shifted to Delhi. I live alone in a rented house and have a very hectic study schedule and an erratic eating pattern. Over the last six months, I have had severe hairfall. Could my diet be causing this problem?

Various factors can trigger hairfall, which include a nutrient-deficient diet, stress, and water quality. Heres a list of nutrients with their sources that can help in reversing excessive hairfall:

Vitamin A: It helps in hair cell growth. Include pumpkin, carrots, sweet potato, spinach, milk or yoghurt.

Vitamin C: It helps in making collagen an important part of hair structure, and helps in iron absorption, a mineral necessary for good hair. Get your daily dose from amla, lemon, bell peppers, guava or strawberries.

Biotin: Best-known vitamins for hair growth can be easily found in almonds, cauliflower, mushrooms, eggs and wheat bran.

Iron: An iron deficiency can accelerate hair loss. Get it in roasted chana, amaranth chikki or laddoo, peas, rajma, chickpeas and cashews.

Zinc: It plays an important role in hair tissue growth and repair. Load up on dals, dalia and pumpkin seeds to get adequate amounts.

Protein: No matter how many vitamins and minerals you are able to get, unless youre eating enough protein you cannot combat hairfall. Hair is made of protein, and to get enough raw material you must choose at least three different proteins to include in your daily diet: yoghurt, milk, egg, lentils, chicken, fish, or paneer.

Lovneet Batra is a nutritionist, a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, USA; lecturer at IHM Pusa; a consultant to the Sports Authority of India, having counselled the Indian boxing, gymnastics, cycling and archery teams; and a consultant at Fortis La Femme Hospital, Delhi

Nothing in this column is intended to be, and is not, a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please seek independent advice from a licensed practitioner if you have any questions regarding a medical condition. Email us your questions at mp_health@thehindu.co.in

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According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Calcium is themost abundant mineral in the body. Calcium isfound in some foods it can also beadded to others and is also available as a dietary supplement. It ispresent in some medicines such as antacids.

Calcium is very importantfor vascular contraction and vasodilation, muscle function, nerve transmission, intracellular signalling and hormonal secretion. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,less than 1% of total body calcium is needed to support these critical metabolic functions.So here are some calcium-rich foods that you can include in your diet.

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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture,apartfrom being high in Vitamin C, oranges are one of the best sources of Calcium. Orange contains at least 40 mg of Calcium in every 100 grams. This is the reason why orange is known to be a healthy snack.

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According to the health website osteoporosis.ca,a half cup or 125 ml of dry or roast almonds has 186 mg of calcium. Almondsprovide 3 grams of fibre per 28 grams. The nuts also contain healthy fats and protein and are known to be an excellent source ofmagnesium, manganese and vitamin E.

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According to uscfhealth.org, seasonal fruit fig is known to be a great source of Calcium. The fruit also contains antioxidants and fibre. Figs, dried or uncooked aresaid to provide 300 mg of Calcium. By having figs every day you can achieve the requiredintake of calcium.

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According to uscfhealth.org,the best way to consume spinach or any other variety ofleafy vegetables is by making a salad or in the form of soup. Acup of cooked spinach contains 240 mg of Calcium, on the other hand, Kale contains 55mg of calcium.

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According to uscfhealth.org, 1 cup of Broccoli contains 180 mg of Calcium.By includingbroccoli to your diet, the calcium can be easily absorbed by the body.

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