soy milk/calcium

[Guest guest]

Yes, but for lactating and pregnant women, this all

goes out of the window. A woman I met had broken her

foot during the last month of her pregnancy just by

standing on it. The weight from her pregnancy caused

her bone to break. Why? Because she was just relying

on the little bit of calcium they put in prenatal

vitamins and didn't get any extra. And if a

breastfeeding woman attempts to go w/o heavy amounts

of calcium, her teeth will rot out of her head. Both

times I breastfed, I ended up with dental work. And I

drank milk and took a prenatal. I should have taken

an extra calcium supplement b/c I wasn't getting

enough dairy or greens (obviously). It's hard for

people to be so strict that they would eat barrels of

greens a week. I think it's extremely important for

women to get plenty of calcium...Period. Since taking

extra calcium and magnesium, my PMS symptoms have been

much smoother and I'm less anxious.

Warmly,

Allison

 

--- " cheryll <naturalist_44240 "

<naturalist_44240 wrote:

> , Sherri

> <sherria@o...>

> wrote:

> ... Recent studies I've read suggest that calcium

> supplements don't

> give

> > women the protection they need from osteoperosis

> and other bone

> > problems. If you're not getting it naturally, it

> would seem, you

> might

> > as well not bother. That would be a serious

> concern for me, since I

> > already have a debilitating joint disease.

> Strong, healthy bones

> are

> > pretty important to me, so if soy milk isn't going

> to give me

> adequate

> > calcium, I'm not even going to consider it. Does

> anyone have

> > information on the comparative calcium contents?

> >

>

>

> Fortified soymilks contain every bit as much calcium

> as milk. Read

> the nutrition labels on the side of the box and

> compare. I prefer

> Vitasoy myself, but it all depends on your taste.

>

> As for milk and supplements, I would like to post a

> link I have

> posted before:

>

> http://www.mercola.com/article/milk/no_milk.htm

>

> And I would like to quote the following from the

> article, for those

> who don't want to read the whole thing:

>

> " You probably are wondering what will happen to your

> bones and teeth

> if you stop milk. The majority of the world's

> population takes in

> less than half the calcium we are told we need and

> yet they have

> strong bones and healthy teeth.

>

> Cows' milk is rich in phosphorous which can combine

> with calcium --

> and can prevent you from absorbing the calcium in

> milk. The milk

> protein also accelerates calcium excretion from the

> blood through the

> kidneys.

>

> This is also true when you eat large amount of meat

> and poultry

> products. Vegetarians will need about 50% less

> calcium than meat

> eaters because they lose much less calcium in their

> urine.

>

> It is possible to obtain all your calcium from dark

> green vegetables

> (where do you think the cow gets their's from?). The

> darker the

> better. Cooked collard greens and kale are

> especially good. If you or

> your child is unable to take in large amounts of

> green vegetables,

> you might want to supplement with calcium. "

>

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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