But every little bit helps! :) Eat some figs, broccoli and other good veg foods that have calcium as often as you can. Many people think milk from cows and dairy products are the only good places to get it.
~ PT ~ --- In [email protected], "Brandel D. Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quick_vegetarian/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quick_vegetarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
