Calcium is very important for different functions/areas of your body, such as muscle contraction, bone density, and teeth. Many people are lactose intolerant or they find that dairy products are not palatable. What many dairy avoiders don't know is that there are other sources to get plenty of this important mineral.
For an easy way to remember what foods contain calcium, think Chinese food. Stir-fry dishes often include broccoli (62 milligrams of the bone-building mineral per cup), bok choy (158 milligrams in a cup), and edamame (soybeans, delivering 97 milligrams in a cup). Even better, these and other Chinese stir-fry favorites have a chemical makeup that allows your body to absorb calcium. Plenty of other leafy green vegetables, such as spinach and swiss chard, contain calcium. But they also contain oxalate, an acid that limits the amount of calcium your body can absorb.
Considering you need a daily dose of 1,500 milligrams of calcium (and 1,000 international units of vitamin D with that if you're under age 65; 1,200 if you're over that) plus 500 milligrams of magnesium a day, you'll probably still want a supplement.
Here are some other non-dairy calcium sources:
Fortified ready-to-eat-cereals (various)
Soy Beverage calcium fortified
Orange Juice calcium fortified
Sardines Atlantic in oil drained
Tofu firm
Pink salmon canned with bone
Collards
Molasses blackstrap
Spinach
Soybeans green
Turnip greens
Ocean perch Atlantic
Oatmeal plain and flavored instant fortified
Cowpeas
White beans
Kale
Okra
Blue crab canned
Beet greens
Clams canned
Dandelion greens
Rainbow trout farmed
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