Only milk is good for bones
This is a partial truth. We do need calcium - but not necessarily milk - for healthy bones. Milk is only middling on the scale of calcium containing foods. The top source by far is seaweed. Tofu, parsley, watercress, figs, sesame seeds and paste (tahini), carob, almonds, pistachios, sunflower seeds, savoury yeast flakes, tinned salmon and sardines with bones, all of these rate higher than milk. Even more important than how much calcium we take in, is how efficient our absorption is. Foods high in phosphorous particularly limit the absorption of calcium and its equally significant partner, the mineral magnesium. Soft drinks, luncheon and other preserved meats – and dairy products – are high in phosphorous. While calcium (along with magnesium, boron and vitamin D) is an important construction tool for bone building, the management of the job is up to hormones such as estrogen. The hormone disruptors in our environment and high-fat animal foods are again complicit.
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