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Adrienne Matt
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Bone Up on
Your Calcium Wisdom
Calcium builds and restores bones and regulates muscle contractions, including heartbeat. However, without magnesium, phosphorus and vitamins A, C and D, calcium cannot be absorbed at all. Your bone health is determined by how well your kidneys and adrenal glands function. If either or both systems are in distress, you risk brittle bones and loss of bone mass.
Calcium Inhibitors:
- Coffee, soft drinks, diuretics
- Excess of protein, especially red meat
- Refined sugar or too much sweeteners
- Alcohol, pot, cigarettes and other intoxicants
- Too little (or too much) exercise
- Excess salt
- Nightshades, the solanum genus of vegetables, TOMATO, POTATO, EGGPLANT and BELL PEPPER as well as tobacco, henbane, mandrake and belladonna. They contain the calcium inhibitor solanine.
Tips to Increase Calcium Absorption:
- Eat calcium-, magnesium-, chlorophyll-, and mineral-rich foods and seaweeds.
- Exercise regularly and moderately.
- If you have a history of kidney stones, DO NOT take calcium supplements.
- Avoid foods with oxalic acid: rhubarb, cranberries, plums, spinach, chard and beet greens.
- Get vitamin D from sunshine and/or use full-spectrum light bulbs indoors.
- Presoak grains and beans before cooking.
- Use fermented dairy products: yogurt, cottage cheese, buttermilk, kefir. Goat milk and goat cheese are preferrable to cow's milk. Avoid skim milk; it is devoid of fat and enzymes necessary for calcium absorption.
Adapted from Healing with Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford
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