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General description	Mineral essential for teeth and bone health.
Found	- meat - fish (salmon, halibut) - eggs - milk, cheese (mozzarella) - nuts (peanuts, almonds) - legumes (lentil) - cereals
Anti-aging role	- bone mineralization - help with muscular fatigue - important for the heart regularity - transmission of nerve impulses - build phospholipids - buld ATP and other energy-rich compounds - participate in activation and inhibition of hormons, enzymes and receptors
Deficiency symptoms	- musle weakness - anemia - increased susceptibility to infection - appetite loss - rickets, osteomalation - stiffness of the limbs
Therapeutic doses	RDA for adults: 800 - 1200 mg European RDA: 800 mg
Maximum safe level	1500 mg / day for adults
Side effects	Excess phosphorus can lower blood calcium
Contraindications	- calcium supplements and anthacids containing magnesium may low phosphorus absoprtion - large doses of vitamin D can cause hyperphosphatemia
High risk groups	- alcoholics - diabetics recovering from ketoacidosis - people with malnutrition - patient with respiratory alcalose - people with anorexia nervosa
Composition formulas	- Centrum Men, 120 tableta; 20 mg phosphorus

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