Are you taking your calcium?

[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.

[mimitabby]

hey guys, you have to take Vitamin D too or the calcium doesn't get absorbed!
imagine, a kid outside on a sunny day will get 10,000 units of Vit. D. and the pill you are taking has how much? Yep, my dr said to up the calcium AND the vitamin D.
Buy chewable calciums and tablets too. Put them in your car, in your purse at your office and on your kitchen table. Take them.

My mother... has been on calcium (but until too late not enough)
fell from her Miata (low car) to the ground and broke 3 bones in her pelvis last year.
Broke her ankle 10 years ago (this is when the problem was discovered) and it still isn't right..

take your calcium. This is no joke. our life style does NOT work without taking calcium. And being a bicyclist makes it worse.

[sandra]

My mother has severe osteoporosis. I TRY to remember to take my calcium twice a day, along with my Rx fish oil. I guess next is going to be cholesterol medication. My cholesterol is high.

[Grog]

Three glasses of milk a day, plus some cheese and some yogurt. I'm hitting 1200 without calcium tablets, thankfully. And there's vit. D in the milk, and in the sun!

[onimity]

I just drink a lot of milk. I figure that the fact that my fingernails are so strong that I can barely cut them bodes well for my bones...

To those that can't tolerate dairy, have you tried a lactase supplement when eating/drinking milk products? My dad has been lactose intolerant from birth (couldn't tolerate breast milk) but he can tolerate diary with a supplement at the time he eats it. This is good because he *loves* ice cream. Of course that wouldn't help if the problem is a milk allergy...

Anne

[mimitabby]

My mother has severe osteoporosis. I TRY to remember to take my calcium twice a day, along with my Rx fish oil. I guess next is going to be cholesterol medication. My cholesterol is high.

get on the bike, Sandra, that's great Cholesterol medication!

[sandra]

get on the bike, Sandra, that's great Cholesterol medication!

I'm doing that too!

[sandra]

Great article on this.

[Flybye]

Great article on this.

That is an encouraging article on cholesterol. My HDL # was 56 and low (along with my calcium), similar to the woman featured in the article, although mine was not as off as hers ("they" recommend a minimum of 59 so I am off by 3).

That just might be the extra kick in the butt that I need to get myself into the spin class that just started around here and that begins at 5:45AM - OUCH!!!!

[kjay]

Thanks for the needed reminder! I don't drink cow's milk . . . only soy milk, and I eat very few dairy products except a bit of cheese or some yogurt once in a while. I did find some liquid calcium at Whole Foods that I really like, so will pick up some more and pay more heed to your reminder. I think I'm already starting to get a hump (or is that because I love camels so?) lololol