At 02:00 pm 24/07/08 +0000, you wrote:
>are deliciously portable, so they are readily available as
>calcium-rich snacks at home, at work, at play or on the road. Needed
>for strong bones and teeth, calcium is the most abundant mineral in
>the body, but one that often is lacking in diets. Growing teens and
>women have especially high needs for calcium.
Keep in mind that the above is advertising text. While it is
presumably "technically" true, there is probably no legal definition
of "calcium-rich". If you read the small print, what you can see is
that 16 medium-sized figs--a very large serving--has as much calcium
as a glass of milk, and that you'd need to eat over 60 a day to get a
day's worth of calcium (as recommended by the USDA) for an adult
woman. They're actually a much better source of potassium than calcium.
Enjoy your figs...but don't count on them for calcium. :)
Brandel in Jerusalem
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