NATURAL SOLUTIONS Let us cut down on the amount of protein we eat each day, and eat foods high in natural calcium. For good health we must eat our food in as natural a state as possible without taking man-made supplements.
PLANT FOOD SOURCES OF CALCIUM (Milk not recommended but listed for comparison) Measure Food___________________ of food Blackstrap Molasses Carob Flour Almonds Figs, dried Turnip Greens cooked Milk (whole) Tofu Dry Soybeans Dry Navy Beans Seedless Raisins Raw Broccoli Orange Dry Lima Beans
2T. 1 c. 1 c. 10 figs 1 c. 1 c. 1 piece 1 c. 1 c. 1 c. 1 spear 1 c. 1 c.
Grams of food 40 140 135 187 144 244 120 180 190 145 151 131 190
Calcium Ratio per (me) 100 grams 274 390 359 269 197 291 108 131 95 71 72 52 55
685 279 266 144 137 119 90 73 50 49 48 40 29
Note: Calcium in cow's milk is much coarser than in human milk, and is tied up with the casein. This prevents the calcium from being folly absorbed(9).
CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT CONTAMINANTS Those taking calcium supplements in an attempt to prevent osteoporosis may be consuming toxic trace metal contaminants. An analysis of samples of dolomite from a health food store contained aluminum arsenic, cadmium, chronium, copper, lead, manganese, selenium, and zinc(10). (1) Science 233:51999 - 520, August 1, 1986. (2) Ibid. (3) Ibid. (4) Ibid. (5) Ibid. (6) Ibid. (7) Ibid. (8) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 54:157-163, 1991. (9) Herbert M. Shelton, Ph.D.:The Hygienic Care of Children, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Natural Hygienic Press, 1970. (10) American Journal of Hypertension 1 (3 Part 3) 137S-142S, July 1988.
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