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In order to change or add to your diet for calcium deficiency, especially pertaining to your knees, the first thing you must determine is that you actually are suffering from calcium deficiency. To do this, you should actually undergo a medical examination to begin with. A proper medical check up will reveal if you have calcium deficiency. It is always good to know that problems with knees can also arise due to many other ailments, and that it need not necessarily be calcium deficiency.
There is a vast variety of foods you can consume to add to your calcium count. You should know that fruits are the poorest sources of calcium, and eating them alone will not make a significant difference to your calcium count. The richest source of calcium when it comes to fruits is limes and oranges. These contain the highest amount of absorbable calcium. But the calcium count of these fruits is substantially low when compared to other sources of calcium. For example, yogurt contains approximately 10 times more calcium by volume than oranges. This means that if you eat one serving of yogurt, it is equivalent to eating 10 oranges. Likewise, all milk products are extremely rich sources of calcium, and it is always better to have those than fruits. Green leafy vegetables are also extremely rich sources of calcium, especially when compared to fruits. Dates are a very rich source of calcium. But the amount of absorbable calcium in a couple of dates is equal to the amount of absorbable calcium in a cup of leafy greens such as mustard, collard, kale or broccoli. It is also good to remember that dates are high is fat as well, so do not forget that you are adding extra calories to your diet as well. If weight is a constraint, you would do well to steer clear of dates altogether. Among other fruits that contain a certain amount of calcium absorbable in the human body are apricots, peaches, blueberries, guavas and raisins. The negatives of these are that all of them are also extremely high in sugar content. It is essential you know this, because in case a person has diabetes, sugar intake, even from fruits, needs to be closely monitored. Furthermore, since the fruit sugars are so high there is also close monitoring required for a vast variety of other diseases as well? To sum it up, for calcium deficiency, you would be better off adding things other than fruit to your diet.
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