Re: calcium in broth vs. milk?

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Is a cup of bone broth as good as a cup of milk calcium-wise?

Elaine

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> Is a cup of bone broth as good as a cup of milk calcium-wise?

> Elaine

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I know we've had extensive threads on the calcium content of bone

broth, but as far as I'm aware we've never been able to find any good

answers. Several people have tentatively concluded it's probably not

an especially concentrated source of calcium, but one way or another

I think it's safe to say it's not anywhere close to milk or greens.

It probably varies a lot depending on how small the bone pieces are

(surface area), ph of the broth, etc. There are a host of good

reasons to enjoy bone broth, and the mineral hit is valuable even if

it's only moderate. According to SF (mainly based on old work by

Pottenger I believe), the gelatin helps the absorption of minerals in

general, hence enhancing the value of the calcium from other parts of

your meal.

However, based on some data (e.g. NN post #43558, <usda.notlong.com>)

I've been able to track down, I estimate that a cup of dried small

fish has about 10 times as much calcium as a cup of milk. So if you

want calcium from bones, eat small fish like a huge percentage of

human population does regularly.

As we've discussed in the past, it's extremely easy to get enough (or

even too much) calcium from food; it's better to worry about the more

challenging cases of magnesium,zinc, and trace minerals.

Mike

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