Saturday, February 18, 2006

CALCIUM: Need the FOOD source

My favorite Master's Degree professor, Dr. Stasch, taught me this years ago:
We can't capture everything from food and put it in a pill.
The answer is variety and moderation of food.
Ome multiple vitamin and mineral supplement per day probably is okay since there are so many toxins in our environment.
I suggest: NONFAT milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, cheese, and cream cheese; sardines; white beans; tofu; almonds; turnips; broccoli.

Extra calcium (in pills) for women takes some clinical knocks
By Gina Kolata The New York TimesFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/16/news/calcium.php

......The new study, she said, shows it can hurt to take the supplements - among the women taking them there were an 5 additional cases of kidney stones per 10,000 women per year. So, Siris said, her suggestion is that doctors only urge the supplements upon women who are not getting enough calcium - 1,200 to 1,500 milligrams a day - from their diets.
"Enough is enough," Siris said. "Too much of a good thing isn't a good thing."


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