I have osteoporosis. The doctor recommends I eat 2 oranges/day to supplement the calcium tablet. Why?

I can't get an answer I can understand, but there is some correlation between the citric acid in the oranges and either the calcium or the osteoporosis. Can someone explain this in plain English?

Citric acid helps in chelating the calcium to be absorbed. Otherwise, a lot of it would be excreted into feces.

Vitamin C helps the body absorb calcium. It's as simple as that.

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