Guest guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 , Allison Nations <allyanne2001> wrote: > Yes, but for lactating and pregnant women, this all > goes out of the window. .... 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 Well, I'm not disagreeing with you there. Like you I do take a calcium supplement and also did breastfeed my son for 4 years. (No dental work, but maybe I was lucky) My point was that fortified soymilk contains every bit as many nutrients as milk. Also that the ANIMAL PROTEIN in cow's milk causes you to LOSE calcium thru your urine. It does not seem to be a good thing to be drinking if you have bone disease. Here's part of that pesky article again: > > 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Oh yes...Soy is just as good as calcium. I just thought that the article was trying to state that we are too worried about the consumption of calcium in general and get enough through our foods. I disagree with that. We need much more calcium than what we get through our diets (unless we're very strict and eat PLENTY of greens EVERY day). Warmly, Allison --- " cheryll <naturalist_44240 " <naturalist_44240 wrote: > , Allison > Nations > <allyanne2001> wrote: > > Yes, but for lactating and pregnant women, this > all > > goes out of the window. .... 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 > > Well, I'm not disagreeing with you there. Like you > I do take a > calcium supplement and also did breastfeed my son > for 4 years. (No > dental work, but maybe I was lucky) > > My point was that fortified soymilk contains every > bit as many > nutrients as milk. Also that the ANIMAL PROTEIN in > cow's milk causes > you to LOSE calcium thru your urine. It does not > seem to be a good > thing to be drinking if you have bone disease. > Here's part of that > pesky article again: > > > > 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. > > > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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