In a message dated 1/18/03 7:10:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> 1500 mg

Anyone know where this number came from.  When my doctor said women need at
least 1,000-1,500 mg per day, I asked what that was based on.  I would think
that shorter people with smaller bones need less.  Unless one supplements or
takes in dairy, I just do not believe that one can get this much absorbable
calcium from plants.  Also, I eat sardines but even those only have about
360mg per can.