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

Sun Feb 15 02:16:42 UTC 2009

I would like to remind everybody of a couple things.  First, 
everybody, and our systems are different.  Second, this is the blind 
parent list, not the nutrition list.  There is no reason to discuss 
nutrition, inoculations, and other controversial topics here.

David Andrews, List Owner

At 10:37 AM 2/14/2009, you wrote:
>Um, Amber, i hate to tell you this, but Tammy is right when she says 
>that milk helps with heartburn and indegestion.  And, I don't know 
>any pregnant women who stay away from milk entirely.  But, I do take 
>a calciumk suplement everyday, twice a day along with my vitamins.
>----- 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 10:40 PM
>Subject: Re: [blparent] calcium truth and legend was: Re: (no subject)
>
>
>>Tammy, I am well aware that you will disagree with anything that I 
>>say simply because you do not like my hands off AMA aproach. I can 
>>show studies and from very repitual people to back up my claims and 
>>advice. I do not speek out my ass, and just because you do not like 
>>the fact that I do not fiew doctors and medical people as god, does 
>>nto mean that you need to bash me or my views.
>> From now on I will post my advice to the person asking for it. I do not
>>always need you always disagreeing just because you would like to 
>>somehow discredit me simply because you do not like my medical 
>>choices. Quite frainkly, I think much of what you choose to do is 
>>wrong, and very unhealthey etc. But I do nto bash you, I do not put 
>>you down, and I let you do your own thing as wrong as I believe it to be.
>>For your information Many of what I find and use comes from valid 
>>medical schools and or instatutions. From now on I will ither not 
>>post on this list, or I will just posst it off list to the person. 
>>ANd I will no longer read your posts as maybe you will not feel the 
>>need to put me down.
>>Enough is enough
>>Amber Boggs
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" 
>><tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:15 PM
>>Subject: [blparent] calcium truth and legend was: Re: (no subject)
>>
>>
>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>blparent mailing list
>>>>blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
>>>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
>>>>for blparent:
>>>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/tcl189%40rogers.com
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>blparent mailing list
>>>blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
>>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
>>>for blparent:
>>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/amberboggs%40socal.rr.com
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>blparent mailing list
>>blparent at nfbnet.org
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
>>for blparent:
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/elizabethcooks%40comcast.net 
>>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>blparent mailing list
>blparent at nfbnet.org
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
>for blparent:
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/dandrews%40visi.com
>
>
>
>Internal Virus Database is out of date.
>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
>Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1931 - Release Date: 
>2/2/2009 7:21 PM