Forensick
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Forensick, agreed, but having done so much study in this area, does it not do you a disservice making misleading statements that sound like vegetables give the full dietary requirement for calcium??
Considering the average 19 to 50 year old requires 1000mgs a day, the chart on the link following would show the amount of calcium in most veggies to be negligible, and therefore, supplements would indeed be required??
http://citracal.com/Calcium/Foods/Vegetables.aspx
Text books are all well and good, and studying is certainly to be applauded. But getting facts right are of the most importance when it comes to subjects that conern health.
(by the way, it took me five minutes to work this out, and it was free!!)
i doesn't do a disservice because vegetable DO give the full dietry requirements.
a recomended diet including meat includes 5+ cups of vegetables, go through the list and it isn't hard to reach.... especially when a vegan eats more than that.... and it doesn't even take into account legumes and high calcium grains (amaranth)
soy and tofu are also high in calcium, higher than many dairy products, a cup of soy bean offering around 400mg of calcium.... and the avg vegan will consume a high amount of soymilk/tofu per day (IMO too high....)
although my point is that a vegan diet can meet ALL recomended requirements while an avg 'meat' diet fails dismally on almost all fronts.
My reason for posting is i get so frustrated by the random 'unhealthy' vego comments that get thrown around here.
and yes this is an area i devote a very large amount of study time too....
calcium intake is an issue i have a particular interest in.... although i don't plan on doing my phd on it oops
you'll find a great deal of contention in dietetic fileds about whether or not milk is any good AT ALL for calcium, we know it is easier to absorb from vegetable (most), but we believe we absorb very little from milk... and that most calcium intake for our entire life time happens before 18. research is ongoing and probably always will be... if you choose to look it up, remember the dairy organisations globally pay for most of the research......
as a general rule, i recomend people eat yoghurts and cheeses, they have less lactose and are easier to digest anyway, and have more benefits (conclusive ones) than plain millk.
i applaud you actually looking stuff up tho....
it actually how i became obsessed, and why i started formal studies... i was confused by something someone said.... and off i went