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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
5 sources of calcium that don't moo
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Some people don't like milk. I am not one of those people. When I
die, put me in a casket full of cheese and lay me to rest. I love
dairy products! Dairy products do not always love me however, and
as I notice my yogurt, cheese, and milk intake starting to dwindle
due to tummy aches I start to freak out about getting enough
calcium.
Read up on Kim's adventure with homemade yogurt.
Let us first recognize the dairy lobby for convincing us all that
milk = strong healthy bones and teeth. That was no minor feat of
advertising genius. I do sometimes forget that there are other
foods, foods worth eating, that are high in calcium and can get me
to that 1000 mg a day mark I so aspire to reach.
- Stir-fry: Combine bok choy (190 mg per
serving) with tofu (350 mg per serving) with some other veggies,
throw in a pan and saute and you've eaten almost half
of your daily requirement.
- Kale and white bean soup: Not to toot my own
horn here, but the recipe on the last
Cooking with Kim segment was a calcium rockstar. Kale packs 190
mg per cup and white beans 120 mg per 3/4 cup.
- Sunday brunch: Thanks to the miracle of modern
manufacturing, you can now buy orange juice that is fortified with
calcium up to a whopping 300 mg; and those sesame seeds on your
bagel, well, they add another 50 mgs.
- Snack Break: Molasses is relatively high in
calcium for a sweets substitute, packing 11.8 percent of your daily
calcium needs in two teaspoons. That's the best excuse I've heard
to eat cookies
in a long time. No time for baking? A handful of almonds is 150 mg
of calcium, couple that with a glass of soy milk (400 mg) and
you're almost done for the day.
- Supplement. Boring but effective. If you can't
stomach the idea of dairy, green leafies, cookies, bagels, juice or
nuts, then you are an extremely picky eater, my friend! There's
still hope for you, though. There are many calcium supplements on
the market, but if you go this route, make sure to get one that
includes vitamin D which helps with calcium absorption.
My osteoporosis paranoia is quelled for the time being. This post
was brought to you by the letter C and is a part of a nutritious
breakfast.
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Posted by PointMaker Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:55pm PDT
It is good to know that we can ween ourselves from the cow tits we have been trained by the media mind benders to suckle at, and still get our calcium.
Sience when did a five minute car ride require a water bottle for everyone?
Here's a trick, find a nice thick drinking glass, put it in the freezer. When thirsty, fill with tap water, pause for a moment and then drink. Surprise, chilled tap water tastes as good ten dollar a gallon plastic bottle water.
The ingesting of soy cuts down on "maleness" in men. Just thought you should know.
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Posted by A CUSTOMER Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:08am PDT
DAIRY IS HELL AND MURDER ON COWS.
STOP STEALING THEIR MILK AND MURDERING THEIR BABIES!
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Posted by ElizabethR Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:10am PDT
i'm sure there are other foods that contain calcium--was it really necessary to put a calcium supplement on the list? lol
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Posted by Maya Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:22pm PDT
Hi, i love dairy foods, too. But, calcium is not only in the dairy foods only. I think all green vegetables have calcium. Thanks for reading.
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Posted by Disgruntled Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:50am PDT
Good information. The older I get, the more lactose intolerant I get. I don't want to drink milk but I also don't want osteoporosis. I had no idea that molasses had calcium in it.
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Posted by Emilyn Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:47pm PDT
Grass Jelly has calcium.
Grass Jelly Drink is yummy
:) :P (combine two emotocons)
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Posted by Dani Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:13am PDT
Thanks for writing about non-dairy calcium options. Harvard University's major Nurses Health Study followed 78,000 women over a 12-year period. It found that the women who consumed the most calcium from dairy foods broke more bones than those who rarely drank milk. In 2005, the Harvard School of Public Health said: "“The recommendation to drink three glasses of low-fat milk or eat three servings of other dairy products per day to prevent osteoporosis is another step in the wrong direction."
We can get all the calcium we need by eating leafy green vegetables, white beans, fortified soymilks, and a variety of fruits and vegetables.
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Posted by Kathrine Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:35pm PDT
Milk naturally has very little calcium in it. You get more calcium in a brocolli stalk than a whole quart of milk.
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