Are you taking your calcium?

[KnottedYet]

I take mine. 2 a day.

(when I remember...)

[Zen]

I have to take a myriad of medications. I keep them in one of those plastic shoeboxes. Once a week I dole out my meds in the little daily dispenser thing.
Of course my calcium is in there.

[DarcyInOregon]

I take my calcium. My bone scan shows I have real strong dense bones. Osteoporosis is prevalent in my family so I've paid careful attention to my calcium intake for most of my life.

I saw a lady this afternoon whom I hadn't seen in about 7 years. She is my age. She kept saying, wow Darcy, you look so great, you look so young. I didn't know what to say in return because I was shocked at how she looked; her face was quite wrinkled, with flesh drooping and sagging and a lot of skin blemishes. Anyway, she said she got diagnosed with osteoporosis several years ago; it is her only medical condition and she is healthy otherwise. I mention all of this because maybe low calcium ages the face too, or maybe the people who are careful with the calcium are careful with all of their nutrients and so their skin doesn't age as fast. Just a thought.

Darcy

[enzed]

Taking sufficient calcium is a bit of prob for me.

Growing up in dairy country NZ, I had my fair share of milk, icecream, cheese and other yummy dairy products.

But since I hit my 20's, my tummy doesn't always take to well to lactose. Some days I'm alright, some days are shockers.

I had a grandma who had osteoporosis, and I don't want that go down that road.
So, I'm considering getting calcium tablets, so I don't go without.

And I'm alright with some yogourts & cheeses, so I try to focus on those foods. But I do like my milk & icecream, so somedays I risk an upset tummy to indulge in some hokey pokey icecream - YUMMY!

Happy riding

[crazycanuck]

Mmmmm..hokey pokey ice cream..mmmmmm.. I've not had any in a long time. Perhaps this summer i'll allow myself some

C..now having cravings for Hell Pizza..mmmm..

Calcium tablets, ah yes..nope I don't take them.

C

[roadie gal]

*sigh* I have the best intentions...

I have a nice big bottle of calcium in the cabinet. But I drink coffee in the morning, so I can't take the calcium in the morning. The coffee (I'm not sure what component, caffeine, etc.) binds it. By the end of the day I've completely forgotten about it. So I end up taking it maybe once a week.

*sigh* Pathetic, I know.

[lph]

The coffee (I'm not sure what component, caffeine, etc.) binds it.

Really? Darn I thought I had such a good routine down there, orange juice plus calcium plus seal oil (omega 3) first thing in the morning, followed by sandwich and cup of freshly ground coffee.

But once I get to work I have a cup of green tea and some biscuits, maybe I could have a bottle of calcium and add it to my routine there instead. I'm a routine kind of gal

My excuse is that my dh is allergic to milk and my son doesn't like milk, so we don't use any milk in cooking and I've "weaned" myself off it. After 15 years of hardly any milk I have trouble digesting it, actually, I can eat cheese and yoghurt but a single cup of cocoa will give me indigestion now.

[Zen]

And I'm alright with some yogourts & cheeses, so I try to focus on those foods. But I do like my milk & icecream, so somedays I risk an upset tummy to indulge in some hokey pokey icecream - YUMMY!

Calcium isn't only in dairy foods. Broccoli, salmon and sardines are just a few of the alternate sources

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Calcium isn't only in dairy foods. Broccoli, salmon and sardines are just a few of the alternate sources

Sardines are only a good source of calcium if you eat the ones with the bones left in- NOT the "skinless, boneless" sardines that are also available. Along the same lines- years ago, it was common to eat CANNED salmon and canned mackerel- all of which had the small bones left in and which were processed and cooked so that the bones just sort of melted in your mouth, like sardine bones. It's only the canned salmon (and canned mackerel) that has the calcium, along with the typical bone-in canned sardines.
Read here:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/nutrition...1/348-071.html

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:...nk&cd=18&gl=us

[Zen]

Have you had that canned salmon lately? it's good but there's a whole vertebral column in there, rather unappetizing. I must confess I pick that part out