4. Cognitive difficulties
For the same reason low calcium levels increase our likeability to develop a mental condition such as depression and anxiety, it can also affect our cognitive processes. “Cognitive processes”, or “cognitive functions”, is a broad term that encompasses a wide range of intellectual capabilities and functions, including (but not limited to) our capacity to understand situations and contexts, identify problems and find solutions, comprehend social situations and behave accordingly, solve intellectual problems such as riddles and math, remember relevant information and use our logic to reach conclusions.
The integrity of our cognitive functions relies on our neuron’s capacity to connect with each other and process information. Low calcium levels might impair our cognitive functions, and cause emotional symptoms of lack of behavioral regulation such as irritability and emotional instability. Increasing our intake of calcium, or improving our absorption, should put an end to our cognitive difficulties derived from a calcium deficiency.