> Subject: Re: Calcium
>
> All,
>
> I recently found a cool product made by White Wave. It's a yogurt alternative - product name is Silk Dairyless
> (www.whitewave.com). Don't confuse it with their milk-alternative (also called Silk). It's soy based.  The
> lemon is quite tasty, and it provides my 18 month old (who loves it) with 30% of his USRDA of Calcium.  Between
> this, the Soy formula, and the Flintstone's plus Calcium, he hits 100% of his calcium needs - with 75-80% coming
> from food instead of pills.

I second this recommendataion - Alyssa loves it!  She likes the vanilla best - it doesn't have "lumps".

One question I have, though... it seems that getting calcium from a supplemented food is just
about the same as getting it from pills, right?  The calcium in soy or rice milks, etc, is added,
it doesn't occur naturally in the foods.  So is this nutrionally any different from swallowing
a pill or adding a powder supplement to juice?  Any thoughts are appreciated!

Laurie (and Alyssa, 11-14-94)