Can anyone recommend a good calcium supplement? Even with my multi-vitamin and rice milk smoothie (I can't stand to drink milk plain), I'm still way short on my calcium intake.
Sadly saying goodbye to tomatoes and coconut
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draperygoddess
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Sadly saying goodbye to tomatoes and coconut
After testing tomatoes and coconut oil (separately, of course!), I have concluded that these are off the menu, at least for now. The coconut I can get around, but I will really miss my tomatoes!
Can anyone recommend a good calcium supplement? Even with my multi-vitamin and rice milk smoothie (I can't stand to drink milk plain), I'm still way short on my calcium intake.
Can anyone recommend a good calcium supplement? Even with my multi-vitamin and rice milk smoothie (I can't stand to drink milk plain), I'm still way short on my calcium intake.
Cynthia
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Cynthia,
More proof that we're all different -- it's pretty unusual to be sensitive to coconut.
Are you able to eat any dark green leafy vegetables? They're good sources of calcium, especially vegetables such as broccoli, kale and spinach. Beans and peas are good calcium sources, if you can eat them, (but I'm guessing you can't, since you're sensitive to soy). Fruits such as oranges are also a good source. Fish such as salmon, herring and sardines have a good calcium content. Almonds, sesame seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds and quinoa are also good calcium sources.
Tex
More proof that we're all different -- it's pretty unusual to be sensitive to coconut.
Are you able to eat any dark green leafy vegetables? They're good sources of calcium, especially vegetables such as broccoli, kale and spinach. Beans and peas are good calcium sources, if you can eat them, (but I'm guessing you can't, since you're sensitive to soy). Fruits such as oranges are also a good source. Fish such as salmon, herring and sardines have a good calcium content. Almonds, sesame seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds and quinoa are also good calcium sources.
Tex
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Cynthia,
I'm unable to eat coconut and tomatoes, too. I take Freeda Vitamins Calcium Plus D. Someone here mentioned that they feel they are pretty large, however. I've been experimenting with substituting one of the Freeda pills with a Vitamin Shoppe calcium pill, which contains magnesium.
Gloria
I'm unable to eat coconut and tomatoes, too. I take Freeda Vitamins Calcium Plus D. Someone here mentioned that they feel they are pretty large, however. I've been experimenting with substituting one of the Freeda pills with a Vitamin Shoppe calcium pill, which contains magnesium.
Gloria
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I'm sorry Cynthia )-:
I haven't eaten a tomato in months! I miss them sorely! Tomato and Persian cucumber (the only cucumber with any taste) salad was a staple of my diet. In Israel it's a basic food. Now that summer is here I miss it even more. And coconut makes all the difference for me. I would be going nuts if I couldn't have it. So I really "get" you.
I take Now calcium carbonate in powder form. It's everything free. I get it online. My latest calcium test was OK. Better than the last one, so I guess it's doing it's job.
I haven't eaten a tomato in months! I miss them sorely! Tomato and Persian cucumber (the only cucumber with any taste) salad was a staple of my diet. In Israel it's a basic food. Now that summer is here I miss it even more. And coconut makes all the difference for me. I would be going nuts if I couldn't have it. So I really "get" you.
I take Now calcium carbonate in powder form. It's everything free. I get it online. My latest calcium test was OK. Better than the last one, so I guess it's doing it's job.
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draperygoddess
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Thanks guys--I'll see what I can find in my stores, and order something if I need to.
Tex--I can eat dark green leafies, and broccoli now, too. Most legumes are still a problem (green beans are okay, and I seem to be okay with chickpeas, oddly enough). I didn't realize quinoa was high in calcium--good to know! It figures that coconut's a rare one--I seem to be collecting them. Of course, now with the whole NOT GF chicken thing I'm second-guessing myself. Was it the coconut oil or the chicken?
Tex--I can eat dark green leafies, and broccoli now, too. Most legumes are still a problem (green beans are okay, and I seem to be okay with chickpeas, oddly enough). I didn't realize quinoa was high in calcium--good to know! It figures that coconut's a rare one--I seem to be collecting them. Of course, now with the whole NOT GF chicken thing I'm second-guessing myself. Was it the coconut oil or the chicken?
Cynthia
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