Loaʻa ka calcium ma ka honua mea kanu. ʻO nā kumu maikaʻi o ka calcium kekahi mau lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻeleʻele (e like me ka broccoli, kāpeti), nā ʻalemona, sesame tahini, soy a me ka waiu laiki, ka wai ʻalani, a me kekahi mau ʻano kīʻaha tofu.
", - hōʻike i ka Harvard School of Public Health, - ". Hoʻomaopopo pū ke kula he liʻiliʻi loa nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka ʻai ʻana i ka waiu me ka pale ʻana i ka osteoporosis. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻōlelo ke kula ʻo Harvard i ka noiʻi e ʻōlelo ana he kōkua ka "waiu" i ka nalowale o ka iwi, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka "holoi" o ka calcium mai nā iwi. ʻO ka lā kekahi o nā kumu maikaʻi loa o ka huaora D. I ke kau mahana, hoʻohua nui ko mākou ʻili i kēia huaora inā ʻike ʻia ka maka a me nā lima i ka lā no ka liʻiliʻi he 15-20 mau minuke i ka lā. I ka wā anuanu a me ke ao, he mea nui ka nānā pono ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu meaʻai o ka vitamina D i ka meaʻai. Nui ka waiu soy a me ka laiki i loko o ka calcium a me ka huaʻa D (e like me ka wai ʻalani). Heʻoiaʻiʻo kēia no nā poʻe o nā ʻāina ʻākau, kahi liʻiliʻi nā lā lā i ka makahiki a pono e hoʻoponopono i ka nele o ka vitamina.