My 4-year old won't drink milk or O.J., and won't eat most fruit or veggies. She eats a little cheese, drinks apple juice, and occasionally eats a baby carrot or lettuce (if it has dressing). I worry that she isn't getting enough calcium or benefits of fruits & veggies. I know you're going to say that she would like the taste of these things more if the refined carbs are removed from her diet, but my wife isn't on board with the radical no-sweets-or-sugars-for-kids ethic. My daughter seems healthy enough; should I worry? Should she take calcium supplements? The doctor says she gets it from other sources, but I'm not so sure.
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Re: Calcium, etc.
Posted by Walt Stoll on October 10, 1998 at 11:27:48:
In Reply to: Calcium, etc. posted by Scott M. on October 09, 1998 at 19:27:53:
Dear Scott,
As a 4 year old, this is your last chance to have total control over her diet. As soon as she gets into kindergarden she will trade lunches with others & you have lost your opportunity to see how much a perfect diet would change her personality. All your wife has to do is hold out one more year & it will be 20 years before she can be proven wrong. Good luck!
Go to the archives for this BB & read everything you can find about calcium. The only good sources of calcium in the diet are those foods that are high in calcium & LOW IN PHOSHORUS. One of my archived notes explains that fully. Cows' milk is high in phosphorus and low in calcium. Human milk is high in calcium & low in phosphorus.
The dairy industry has cleverly brain washed the public into thinking that dairy is a good source of calcium when it is one of the worst.
Go to your library reference section & ask the librarian to find you a book that lists the common minerals in foods (there will be a table). Look for foods that are high in calcium & LOW IN PHOSPHORUS. They are the best sources of calcium in the diet. You will not find dairy there.
Walt