[blparent] calcium truth and legend was: Re: (no subject)

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

ok, much of the below is completely untrue. First let me say that everyone 
is entitled to and of course here encouraged to share opinions and this is 
fine when they are just that, opinions.
However, much of the below, while stated as fact, is anything but.

firstly, the dreaded enemy milk.
Milk is in fact often a woman's saviour.
Before trying calcium supplements see below.
Most nutritionists will tell you that if you can use a natural source of a 
given element, almost no matter what it is, over a supplement, you should do 
so.
Far from being the cause of indigestion, it often eases it, indigestion is 
very often the cause of the dreaded pregnancy related heart burn that many 
of us experience and a glass of milk when you have heartburn will very often 
ease it completely.
Now for calcium supplements.
The problem with calcium is that it is only absorbed into the body in the 
presence of magnesium, this is why low fat milks are no longer touted as 
necessarily a good remedy for osteoporosis, the truth is they just don't 
work.
If your calcium supplement does not contain magnesium, you are being sold a 
pup and in many supplements particularly so called health supplements this 
is very much the case.
They just don't do what they say.
Which brings us to the studies   not really actually quoted below.
The British medical journal:
http://www.bmj.com
published a study in think late 1994, but don't quote me on the year, which 
showed that studies that convincingly demonstrated 1 product as being 
notably  superior to all others on the market were often flawed and 
investigation revealed that many of these studies are not in fact 
independent.
Without knowing the actual study sighted below it's impossible to say 
whether this fits.
Caution: if you are allergic to or intolerant to milk, then of course a 
calcium supplement is by far your best bet but expensive is not necessarily 
better.
Also, beware of posts like the below that make all traditional medicine 
practitioners such as doctors, nutritionist, etc, out to be this evil 
conspiracy group.
In general these opinions are flawed also.
In fact the so called natural health sector is far more likely to contain 
fraudulent practitioners as it is very difficult to regulate and has always 
been under regulated way back to the sellers of snake oils.
Many supplements are just that, snake oil by another name, be very careful, 
and read labels whenever possible to make sure that along with calcium your 
supplement has a magnesium component in it.
Note: amber, you may wish to spell check or at least proof read your 
messages before sending, especially when stating supposed facts,  for 
example, calcium, c, a, l, c, i, u, m.
For those of you having heart burn issues etc, don't give up on dairy just 
yet, while the jury is definitely out on the below, there is a huge body of 
evidence to suggest milk is very good for you druing and immediately after 
pregnancy.
Hth.
Tammy
 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amber Boggs" <amberboggs at socal.rr.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] (no subject)


> Here is the deal with calsiam. Yes milk has some in it, about 300 
> Milagrams in hole milk. However pregnant wiman need way more then that 
> each day. Milk is a commen cause of sickness and digestion problems in 
> Preggnant wimin, so many wimin stay clear of milk. There are other sorces 
> of calsiam, but the best thing you can do is take a really good calsiam. 
> The best on the market that is the most obzorbibale is made by standard 
> process. They are a bit pricy, but well werth it. They have done studies 
> to show the benafits of lots of calsiam durrign preggnancy, and it can 
> help with alot of problems. The only reasons I drink millk is to drink the 
> way. Otherwise I don't really drink milk ever. But I always take the 
> standard process, and am always very healthy.
>
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