Sorry, you'll have to read the paper. I don't really know where the calcium
comes from in Eaton, Eaton and Konner's calculations. I personally think
that osteoporosis is best explained by excessive salt, caffeine, inadequate
sunlight (vitamin D) and exercise. I think the Western RDA is pushed by the
dairy industry. It is true that you need that much calcium if you take salt
& caffeine, have no sunlight, don't exercise. Rather than esting more
calcium, the health autthorities should push for salt warnings on foods. The
paleodiet site has a good review at
http://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/losspts.txt
Ben Balzer
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> >Incidentally, The Calcium aspect is covered 2 ways- firstly ref 1A
> >calculates a high Calcium intake of 1900mg/day.
>
> from what foods, precisely?