Calcium in Foods 2020

Take Control Naturally.  Get your calcium in foods! Chart of common foods high in Calcium in mg (adapted from the USDA website):

Calcium in Foods 2014

We can get ALL of our Calcium from foods.  We need 1200-1500 mg daily, especially if we have not been getting that much for years.  Most of us have not...

Calcium Can Be Confusing

Getting the right amount of Calcium every day can be confusing.  The total of 1200 mg (1500 mg to correct long term deficiency) daily sounds easy.  You can only absorb...

You Are What You Eat

Does this mean that you have to eat bones to have strong bones?  Well, sort of.  While it is fun to envision people chewing on Flintstone-sized bones, the Flintstone characters...

Start with Dietary Calcium

Once again we are warned of the dangers of calcium supplements.  Once again those studies cited prescribed supplements without regard to total calcium intake, including diet.  What matters is total...

Bones Are Protein

Bones are primarily made of protein.  Sure, we think of them as mostly calcium, but calcium is only a small portion of the total construct.  Most of Bone Matrix, the...