title: [Mechanisms of calcium absorption and absorption modifiers based in the elaboration of a low-cost diet for osteoporosis patients].
abstract: This article contemplates recent investigations about calcium absorption and offers inexpensive alternatives to enhance dietary calcium bioavailability, also focused in bone mass loss, which may lead to osteoporosis. Recent data about risk factors, calcium metabolism, economical data, and nutrition tables were collected, to get a general overview of the problem, and expose it to health care and food manufacture professionals. We conclude: a) osteoporosis has an expensive socioeconomical cost, b) most of the actual therapies are expensive and have a limited therapeutical benefit, c) the typical mexican diet is calcium rich, but has poor bioavailability, d) it is easier to prevent bone mass loss than recover it, e) a rich calcium diet with a good bioavailability through life, specially in childhood, will attain a peak bone mass, f) improvement of calcium bioavailability is technically possible by food processing. G) by following a few principles calcium bioavailability can be improved in a normal diet at a low cost. Considering all of this, in theory, it could be possible to reduce the morbidity-mortality rate caused by osteoporosis in mexican people.
authors.affiliation: Universidad La Salle, México.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mota-Blancas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perales-Caldera
mesh_terms: D015519:Bone Density; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary
vernacular_title: Los mecanismos de absorción de calcio y los modificadores de absorción con base para la elaboración de una dieta de bajo costo para pacientes osteoporóticas.