best places for calcium from fresh fruit and veg etc.
Posted by asleep on a sunbeam on Sep 13, 2009 · Member since Aug 2009 · 287 posts
I was thinking of asking for everday fresh fruit and veg sources of calcium...(then decided yes this was a good idea, hence the thread).
I use broccoli, beans, figs, and almounds (and brazilnuts, ish) for the most part.
I also eat peas and sprouts, not sure on their content. I eat spinach but that hangs onto it. What else is a good source of calcium?
I can't get my hadns on sea veg as I don't know where to go for such things.
All of your sources are really good. Greens, especially kale, is high in calcium too.
However, I've never really worried about calcium, ever since I learned that the real reason people become calcium deficient is usually due to excessive animal protein intake. Countries that don't eat dairy don't even really get osteoporosis--it's just animal-food-laden places like the US that have it so rampantly. Things like animal proteins, phosphates (such as those in diet sodas), cigarettes, and lack of exercise leach calcium from the bones.
Sorry I know that's not what you were asking, but I thought I'd put my 2 cents in, just in case you had never heard this before. It was really liberating info for me 18 years ago when I became a vegan!
:)
that's really helpful, althugh I'm still a bit worried, sometimes I like to work out (not much just a bit) and calcium is important for muscles.
Most calcium is really necessary in childhood bone wise, not as much when you grow up.
Kale is a bit bleh, but I add it to soups.
Infact, broccoli, beans and kale in soup followed by a serving of almounds often tend to crop into my diet once a week.
here's a decent article that should be useful:
How to Eat Calcium Rich Foods to Build Bones
this one too
nice chart is here
and then a database for general info on nutrients in plants
Have you tried adding kale to smoothies?
Kale is a bit bleh, but I add it to soups.
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Good luck! :)
That first link, on how to eat calcium rich foods, really disapointed me.
It said nothing of cutting up, chewing, swallowing.
But yeah, nice links, full of good information.
Out of curiosity when we say collarg greens what do we mean?
broccoli I presume, but what else?
do leafy greens fit into it?
Um....Collard Greens reference a particular plant type, in the same family as broccoli. They're leafy veggies, grown primarily in the Southern US....
here's the wiki article