soy milk-- calcium

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It's important to remember that in order to absorb calcium, you also

need Vitamin D and Magnesium in your diet. they put vitamin d in

milk, but never magnesium. Vitasoy has magnesium / vitamin d. (not

sure about other brands).

 

I have read studies that actually suggest drinking milk can increase

one's risks for osteoporosis. (although most of them are linked on

vegan websites e.g. milksucks.com so i suppose you could argue

they're biased). In the book " mad cowboy " by howard lyman he says

that there is too much protein in milk, so you actually lose calcium

when you excrete the excess protein. but i'm not sure, i think the

problem might be more that milk doesn't have magnesium.

 

Soymilk is usually fortified with calcium, vitasoy is 10% per cup i

think, which is less than milk. Really i think your bestbet is to

buy some cal/mg supplements. I disagree with those studies that

claim vitamins don't work, / that you have to get your nutrients

from " natural " sources. if you look at the ingredients of most

foods, like cereal you'll notice a lot of the vitamins are

fortified. if none of this was absorbed then lots of people would be

in even worse health, i think. meat-eating americans tend to eat a

lot less plant food than vegetarians.

 

It is basically impossible to get all of your vitamins from food; you

would have to eat and eat and eat, a great variety of fruits and

veggies everyday.