Check your daily calcium target after 50 and get most from food
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Calcium needs change with age, so look up your number on the NIH fact sheet and log it alongside your macros. Dairy, canned sardines or salmon with bones, kale, broccoli and fortified foods all count; if you use a supplement, split doses, since calcium is absorbed best 500 mg or less at a time.
The result
Result: NIH ODS: men 51-70 need 1,000 mg a day; women 51-70 and all adults 71+ need 1,200 mg a day.
Note: Not medical advice. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting any supplement, especially if you take medications.
Source
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements: Calcium Fact Sheet for Consumers (opens the original source in a new tab). Check it for the latest numbers before you act.