Someone recently postulated that perhaps the reason people need calcium
supplementation is that calcium levels are adversely affected by the modern
diet.  This would suggest that calcium supplementation should be largely
unnecessary on a paleolithic diet.

Can anybody back this up or refute it without quoting the family physician?

John Pavao
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JoAnn Betten <[log in to unmask]> asked:

>i am just wondering, do i need a calcium supplement on neanderthin?  i
>usually do a multivitamin (one-a-day essential), 1000mg vitamon c time
>release, and 600 mg calcium, every day.  i think i can do without the
multi,
>since i'm eating a good variety of fruit/nuts/meat/veggies, but i'm just
>wondering where the calcium will come from.

I once found a 23K article in a newsgroup on vegetarian sources of calcium.
It has several charts. I have this stored on one of my other mailing lists.
To retrieve send:

GET NO-MILK CALCIUM

in a message body to [log in to unmask]

Don.