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

Sat Feb 14 18:44:05 UTC 2009

Hi,

Plus you can't beat the taste of a glass of milk or a piece of fruit, 
especially when compared with a prenatal vitamin or a suplement.  I actually 
had to take a different brand of prenatal vitamin this time because the 
coating on the one I started taking made me sick.

Tammy
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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Hear hear! Supplements are just that supplements.  you should always go 
> for the real thing.  Vitamins are okay, but fruits and veggies are more 
> healthy. I, honestly do better with a glass of milk or a container of 
> yogurt than a calcium pill. V
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> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
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>
>> 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>
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>>> 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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