Define the Dietary Requirements of phosphorus?
We read in the previous section that the requirements of phosphorus are closely linked with those of calcium. The phosphorus requirements for different age groups have been mentioned in Table earlier. Phosphate requirements are fully met usually when diets provide adequate calcium as these two minerals generally occur together in foods.
However, situations' may develop when the phosphate levels in blood and other tissues may increase or decrease beyond normal levels. Such disturbances in the phosphorus levels may develop with or without any effects in the calcium metabolism. We shall now brief upon the clinical conditions of hypo and hyper phosphaternia.