>>Kathleen Portra wrote:
>> Our daughter's nutritionist recommended TUMS.  She figured that with the
>> calcium she gets from her substitute milk and other foods and her age,
>> that she needed one Tums a day.
>Hazel wrote:
>I heard that over the years if you are taking tums only for the calcium
>you may develope stomache problems re: acids. I was giving her tums
>because of this reason...does anyone know if there is any truth in this.

Please correct me if I'm wrong in my information, but I have a problem
understanding why doctors make this recommendation.  First, antacids
normally contain aluminum which is an antagonist of calcium, meaning they
tend to block each other.  Second, calcium needs stomach acid in order to be
digested and absorbed so how is that going to happen if the acid is being
controlled?  In fact, the sign of a good calcium supplement is one that has
a little bit of HCl in it!  More importantly, if one has digestive distress,
rather than masking the symptoms, why don't people looking further into the
reasons for it--lactose intolerance, food allergies, lack of digestive
enzymes, floral imbalance, etc.  I hate to sound snotty here, but are
doctors really that lacking in nutritional and biochemical knowledge??

Tammy G.

"A parent's love perceives no limitations."