It is hard to get lots of calcium on paleo these days (modern food).
There is an
argument that you don't need nearly as much as people think. Drinking
milk I
have read causes excessive excretion of calcium in the urine. I'm not
sure about
cheese (but I don't eat cheese as a rule obviously or I wouldn't be on
this
list). But calcium is excreted and the thing about calcium is the
arithmetic
between what's consumed and what's excreted. The popular press only
looks at
what is consumed but that is meaningless. Indeed, there is a
disturbing trend to
put calcium salts in orange juice. No evidence exists for this being
good and
some exists for it being bad.

Anyway...

sources I use:
Tahini (sesame seeds ground up into a butter of course)
Almonds
sardines with the bones in
bone broths (bones cooked in liquid esp. with a bit of cider vinegar
in it)
leafy green vegetables like kale, chard, etc.


--Richard


Alison Whitwood wrote:

> I was talking to someone today about my diet.... I told him that I don't eat
> bread or dairy ( I kept it simple for him).
>
> He said.... but what supplements do you have to take in order to make up the
> things you're missing. Like what, I said?
>
> He said, like calcium.
>
> This is such a common argument.... why do people still insist on milk being
> the only source of calcium? Because the dairy industry pay for advertising
> that's why.
>
> Just so I can give a convincing argument back.... what is the best source of
> paleo calcium? I told him leafy greens and broccoli, sardines with the
> bones. He didn't look convinced.
>
> He was the sort of person that has blind faith in the medical profession.
> Shame that. It turns out that he has MS (so do I) which I found out later in
> our conversation and it's a shame he's not more inquisitive and receptive
> otherwise his MS would disappear. It's up to him.
>
> Alison