If I give up milk how will I get calcium?!
I'm already vegetarian and thinking of becoming vegan but if I give up milk products how will I get calcium as I'm still growing and there is a history of osteoporosis in my family!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Hi there, thank you for thinking about the animals!.
Perhaps surprisingly, eating meat and dairy is one of the main contributing causes of osteoporosis!. Protein from animal sources causes calcium to be leeched out of the bones, resulting in this brittle bone disease!.
Calcium is easily obtainable in plant-based sources but without the risk of osteoporosis and all the other nasties you can get from eating meat and animal products!. Supplements are absolutely not neccesary - you can get everything you need in a balanced vegan diet, which is much healthier than an omnivorous diet, and it doesn't cause any animals to be made to suffer!
Here's some information from the Vegan Society website, and just a few calcium rich plant foods:
Vegan Sources of Calcium
Good plant sources of calcium include tofu (if prepared using calcium sulphate contains more than four times the calcium of whole cow's milk), green leafy vegetables, seeds and nuts!. The calcium in green vegetables which are not high in oxalate e!.g!. kale, is absorbed as well or better than the calcium from cow's milk!. Some soya milks e!.g!. Provamel, Plamil, Granovita are fortified with calcium!. Drinking hard water can provide 200mg of calcium daily but soft water contains almost none!. Other calcium rich foods include black molasses, edible seaweeds, watercress, parsley and dried figs!.
Examples of amounts of foods providing 100mg calcium Type of Food
Black molasses20g
Dried figs40g
Almonds42g
Soya flour44g
Parsley50g
Kale67g
Brazils Nuts59g
Wholemeal bread185g
http://www!.vegansociety!.com/food/nutriti!.!.!.
I strongly urge you to go ahead with the change you're considering!. It will do you a world of good, as well as the animals and the environment, of course!. Best of luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Perhaps surprisingly, eating meat and dairy is one of the main contributing causes of osteoporosis!. Protein from animal sources causes calcium to be leeched out of the bones, resulting in this brittle bone disease!.
Calcium is easily obtainable in plant-based sources but without the risk of osteoporosis and all the other nasties you can get from eating meat and animal products!. Supplements are absolutely not neccesary - you can get everything you need in a balanced vegan diet, which is much healthier than an omnivorous diet, and it doesn't cause any animals to be made to suffer!
Here's some information from the Vegan Society website, and just a few calcium rich plant foods:
Vegan Sources of Calcium
Good plant sources of calcium include tofu (if prepared using calcium sulphate contains more than four times the calcium of whole cow's milk), green leafy vegetables, seeds and nuts!. The calcium in green vegetables which are not high in oxalate e!.g!. kale, is absorbed as well or better than the calcium from cow's milk!. Some soya milks e!.g!. Provamel, Plamil, Granovita are fortified with calcium!. Drinking hard water can provide 200mg of calcium daily but soft water contains almost none!. Other calcium rich foods include black molasses, edible seaweeds, watercress, parsley and dried figs!.
Examples of amounts of foods providing 100mg calcium Type of Food
Black molasses20g
Dried figs40g
Almonds42g
Soya flour44g
Parsley50g
Kale67g
Brazils Nuts59g
Wholemeal bread185g
http://www!.vegansociety!.com/food/nutriti!.!.!.
I strongly urge you to go ahead with the change you're considering!. It will do you a world of good, as well as the animals and the environment, of course!. Best of luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Calcium comes from the ground, its a mineral!. Cows get Calcium from eating grass and plants!. We get calcium from Milk produced by the cows, since we cannot digest the plants!.
Other forms of calcium are in carrots/brocoli/sqaush!. Most veggies have calcium!. Just not enough!. For women exspecailly since estrogen actually robs the body of calcium over the years!. Most calcium supplements are products of animal remains, bones and such!.
You would be surprised at all of things you use everydays comes from animals!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Other forms of calcium are in carrots/brocoli/sqaush!. Most veggies have calcium!. Just not enough!. For women exspecailly since estrogen actually robs the body of calcium over the years!. Most calcium supplements are products of animal remains, bones and such!.
You would be surprised at all of things you use everydays comes from animals!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
there are other foods that have calcium, like almonds, dates, oranges!. I find it strange (seeing the nations with the highest dairy consumption also have the highest rates of osteoporosis and the nations with the lowest dairy consumption have, guess it, the lowest osteo rates) that our governments allow false info about health and wellbeing to get out there as if it is true when it is NOT !.
So with dairy!.!.!.it is not necessary in order to avoid osteoporosis!.!.!.that is just propaganda by the dairy board!Www@FoodAQ@Com
So with dairy!.!.!.it is not necessary in order to avoid osteoporosis!.!.!.that is just propaganda by the dairy board!Www@FoodAQ@Com
First of all, get yourself a great daily vitamin!. Second, there are a lot of ways that you can get the calcium that you need without all the soy milk!. Although most soy milks are fortified with Calcium, so are other milks like rice, almond and hemp!. If you are eating a lot of soy products, try to cut down a little by drinking a different type of milk!. I'm not against soy at all any enjoy it at least 4 or 5 times a week, but just like everything else you ingest, take it all in "necessary" quantities!. There are also ultra rich calcium veggies like kale and broccoli!. There are so many options for calcium rich veggies that you would have to look them up online because there are too many to list!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
The idea that you need milk for calcium is a myth the dairy industry puts out there to sell their product!. In reality, using cows' milk products causes you to lose calcium because of the excess animal protein!.
Check out www!.vrg!.org for vegan sources of calcium!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Check out www!.vrg!.org for vegan sources of calcium!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Soy milk is actually fortified with calcium and it has just as much as cow's milk does!. If you don't like soy milk, you could always take calcium supplements!. You should be taking a multi-vitamin anyhow!.
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Quite a few of the calcium supplements are powdered Oyster shells!. Animal bi-product!.
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Green leafy veggies and a calcium suppliment Www@FoodAQ@Com
you could take supplements, or drink soy milk!. Soy milk is actually better for you thank cows milk anyways!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
tofu
soy
lentins
spinach
nuts and seeds
vitamins
Good for you to want to give up milk!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
soy
lentins
spinach
nuts and seeds
vitamins
Good for you to want to give up milk!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Hi ,
No need to worry !
I`ll tryin solve your problem ,
so as your saying , No are you going to leave ice-cream,chocolate
and other junk food !?
No , but you won`t have it regularly , would you !?
So don`t really leave milk , I apprecitate ,
Look , you putting a burden you on and seriuosly people
just go for litres and litres of milk just to get tall or be
healthy , if this is your age to grow , why are you doing it !?
Vegan doesn`t mean you leave every product !.!.milk or
any tiny related to animal !
Why are you eating vegetables !?
Don`t you know this cycle !?
Plant is ---> eaten by a deer ----> deer is eaten by a tiger !.
animals also eat plants , cycle like that !
But I am being dynamic for you to eat meat , just telling you
don`t leave milk , its important !
Okay , drink now and leave it after 2 years or something ,
its okay ! But I advice you not to do this and okay if
you really give up , But don`t leave milk products atleast !.
That would give you a little calcium !.!.
Now its up to you !!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
No need to worry !
I`ll tryin solve your problem ,
so as your saying , No are you going to leave ice-cream,chocolate
and other junk food !?
No , but you won`t have it regularly , would you !?
So don`t really leave milk , I apprecitate ,
Look , you putting a burden you on and seriuosly people
just go for litres and litres of milk just to get tall or be
healthy , if this is your age to grow , why are you doing it !?
Vegan doesn`t mean you leave every product !.!.milk or
any tiny related to animal !
Why are you eating vegetables !?
Don`t you know this cycle !?
Plant is ---> eaten by a deer ----> deer is eaten by a tiger !.
animals also eat plants , cycle like that !
But I am being dynamic for you to eat meat , just telling you
don`t leave milk , its important !
Okay , drink now and leave it after 2 years or something ,
its okay ! But I advice you not to do this and okay if
you really give up , But don`t leave milk products atleast !.
That would give you a little calcium !.!.
Now its up to you !!!Www@FoodAQ@Com