On Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:01:42 -0400, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>(2) Other investigators found that a high protein intake >>increased calcium absorption when dietary calcium was adequate or high, but >>not when calcium intake was a low 500 mg per day.(3) > >Could you tell please how *you* reach your 500mg per day? >(my references show a need of 800mg for adult woman) >Disregarding dairy, I can only find sesame as >an exorbitant source (900mg/100g) >then almonds wich 250mg/100g. >Do you have any net resources ... Don, thanks for the references you sent to me by private email. As summary I understood that according to that studies a "high protein diet given by meat" doesn't influence the calcium balance (78 to 132 day test). And that calcium intake rose for that persons from 800mg/day to 1200 mg/day, upto 2200 mg per day. I've got some questions: What is "high" ( 250g meat per day? or two pounds?). Are there longer tests than just 1/3 year? And where do *you* get your 1200mg calcium per day from, if you don't eat dairy? regards Amadeus