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):

Protein!!!!!

Two weeks after Turkey Coma at Thanksgiving dinner, we think we get plenty of protein.  We do occasionally.  Most of us do not get enough protein on a daily basis....

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...

Brie for Breakfast

Welcome to the European Breakfast Buffet.  Calcium rich foods are featured in cheeses and yogurts.  At least 3 choices of cheeses on a rotation from day to day.  Yogurt comes...

“Baby-Boomers” Should Check Their Bones

A patient had no idea why her doc sent her to me for a Complete Bone Health Evaluation.  As a “baby-boomer”, she lives by the motto: “You are only as...

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...