>When I replied that Asian women don't gobble dairy products >and they don't
appear to be crumbling, he said that they lead >the world in osteoporosis.
Many Asians can and do consume dairy products. Indians and Thais have drunk
buffalo milk for centuries.  The same with Mongolians and mare's milk.  many
Chinese can and do consume cow's milk.

i calculated one time that a tablespoon of dolomite would give about 1.5
grams of net assimilable calcium which should be enough for most people. of
course, you need to get sufficient vitamin D, which unless you live in the
tropics or subtropics must be obtained from the diet. [Kirt knows the main
source].

Andrew