Gregg:
>Mary-- I am concerned about the low calcium content of the caveman diet.
>I have read the bone meal supplements should be avoided because of the
>heavy metals that collect in bovine bones.  However, I have been using
>Solgar bone meal tabs, which assure the consumer on the label that the
>bones have been sanitized and are free from heavy metals.  ?Qui sais?
>
>If one avoids dairy, the places to find high levels of calcium are few.
>The bones in sardines and canned salmon provide some, as do several
>greens.  But trying to get 1200 mg or so per day is very difficult without
>dairy.

I have eaten fried fish bones from salmon, mackeral, sardines, and herring.
This would be measured in grams not milligrams. Further, it is early
impossible not to consume bone chips when eating bone marrow. Shellfish and
organs have more calcium than you are probably aware...

Cheers,
Kirt

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