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> More Calcium in OJ & Soymilk Than Cow's Milk

>

> How Much Calcium Do You Get From Milk, Soymilk &

> Orange Juice? Consider this...In order to absorb

> calcium from a particular food, there must also be

> magnesium...

>

> ...and THAT is the dairy industry problem

> (and big lie) with milk!

>

> Why is that? Scientific studies show that for every

> milligram of calcium your body absorbs from a

> portion

> of food, there must also be present one milligram of

>

> magnesium. Otherwise, the excess calcium will remain

>

> unabsorbed.

>

> Visit a pharmacy and check out the calcium

> supplements.

> After reading the labels, you'll confirm to yourself

> that

> calcium pills contain magnesium too. They must, or

> they

> would ineffective. Such is the nature of cow's milk

> Plenty of calcium. Very little magnesium.

> Essentially

> ineffective.

>

> One quart of cow's milk contains 1103 mg calcium

> but only 98 mg magnesium. Therefore, if you drink

> the

> entire quart of cow's milk you will absorb only

> the lowest common denominator of 98 mg calcium.

>

> One quart of freshly squeezed orange juice contains

> 108 mg calcium and 108 mg magnesium. Drink the

> entire

> quart of orange juice and you will absorb 108 mg

> calcium, ten percent more than will be absorbed from

>

> an equal amount of cow's milk.

>

> One quart of soymilk contains 372 mg calcium

> and 244 mg magnesium. Drink the entire quart of

> soy milk and you will absorb 244 mg calcium,

> more than two and one-half three times as much

> as from the same volume of cow's milk!

>

> Summary: Absorbed Calcium per quart:

>

> Whole Cow's Milk: 98 milligrams of calcium

> Orange Juice: 108 milligrams of calcium

> Soymilk: 244 milligrams of calcium

>

> The January/February 2005 issue of " Well Being

> Journal " ,

> (Vol. 14) contains a well-referenced article that

> counters

> dairy industry brainwashing/marketing regarding

> calcium in

> milk. On page 26, Dr. Igor Tabrizian, M.D.writes:

>

> " Magnesium, Not Calcium, May Be the Missing Factor "

>

> " The Dairy Industry Funded a study that showed the

> more

> milk consumed, the more bone loss. (American Journal

> of

> Clinical Nutrition, 1985 (41), 25). As evidence that

> not

> enough magnesium is being used with calcium, rates

> of

> osteoporosis are lowest in cultures where the ratio

> of

> calcium is 2 parts and magnesium 3 parts. (Dairy

> products

> have a ratio of 10 parts calcium to 1 part

> magnesium,

> which is why high dairy consumption correlates with

> high

> rates of osteoporosis.) When magnesium is low there

> is

> over stimulation of osteoclasts in the bone

> structure,

> which causes net bone loss. One study shows that

> women

> who take 500 mg. of calcium and 600 mg. of magnesium

> a

> day experienced new bone growth (Journal of

> Reproductive

> Medicine, 1990;36:503). A typical American diet

> without

> dairy provides about 500 mg. of calcium a day (but

> add

> 300 mg. of each glass of milk) and about 200 mg. of

> magnesium. Thus, it is advisable that most Americans

>

> supplement their diets with at least 300 to 1000 mg.

>

> of magnesium per day, depending upon individual

> diet. "

>

> Thanks to Beatrice <bd2004

> for the heads up on the Well Being Journal article!

>

> Robert Cohen

> http://www.notmilk.com

>

>

>

>

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