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95% Dairy and Calcium Paradox? (08/15/1999 08:00AM)

That`s why populations with low calcium consumption manage to form healthy skeletons, and high calcium consumers don`t develop bones like mastodons. Green leafy vegetables, tofu, sardines with the bones, calcium fortified juice, dried beans and calcium supplements also provide calcium for the body. If there is insufficient calcium in the blood, the body will leach it out of bones, therefore demineralizing bone, leading to bone loss.

94% Dairy and Calcium Paradox? (08/13/1999 08:16AM)

Robert Heaney, professor of medicine at the Creighton University School of Medicine and a proponent of high dairy consumption, found in a study he co-authored that the "single most important determinate of the rate of bone gain" in young women was not the amount of calcium consumed but the ratio of calcium to protein. That`s why populations with low calcium consumption manage to form healthy skeletons, and high calcium consumers don`t develop bones like mastodons. But what happens...

93% Vitamins for age 50+ (07/30/2005 01:37PM)

The Olay vitamins for women over 50 will not hurt you, but may contain less of some nutrients that are still needed for women your age. If you are vegetarian or vegan, you may want to purchase a separate iron supplement in addition to taking the Olay vitamin for women over 50. Complete vegetarians (vegans) should take a multi-vitamin containing vitamin B12 as animal foods are the only source of this nutrient. Try to take your multi-vitamin at a ...

87% Diet and Exercise (03/10/2004 11:13AM)

Has any research been done in the area of African American women and diet and exercise, specifically? J Am Diet Assoc. 2003 Oct;103(10):1360-2.
July F, Hawthorne D, Elliot J, Robinson W. Weight management behaviors of African American female college students. 2001 Aug-Nov;6(3-4):227-45.

Davis L. Exercise and dietary behaviors in African American elders: stages of change in efficacy expectancies.

86% Hypoglycemia and athletic (10/01/2008 12:38PM)

Our bodies rely on glycogen (carbohydrate) stored in the muscle and liver to fuel high intensity workouts.

In general, female athletes should be eating a minimum of 2000 calories daily (please do not consider this as optimal as many female athletes need many more calories to be well-fueled). If your daughter is skimping on calories as many female athletes do and not having anything of good carbohydrate value before her morning practices, it goes a long ways towards explaining her ...

86% What muti-vitamin is right for me? (06/18/2008 10:56AM)

Is there a better brand of mutli-vitamin than others for a 53 year old women allready gone through menopause? It's designed for the woman over 50 and those who have gone through menopause. The multivitamin designed for the older woman has a lower iron level in it than a normal multi-vitamin because a woman past menopause is no longer losing iron through monthly menstruation.

86% Eating Disoders by Teens (02/03/2003 08:22AM)

What percent of eating disorders are teens? Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa occur most frequently among female adolescents and young women. The occurrence of eating disorders in men is much less common than in women.

85% About dieting and the gall bladder (03/03/2008 03:46PM)

Cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) occurs more often in women than men and is commonly experienced by pregnant women. Dairy products should be low fat (1% or skim milk, reduced fat cheese and cottage cheese). If possible, try to avoid whole milk products (butter, regular cheese, ice cream, etc), fried foods, and highly processed foods (high fat crackers, donuts, processed cake, pie, cookies, etc). A diet high in refined sugar (from ...

85% Diet soda drinks (05/07/2007 10:19AM)

What happens to a perswon who drinks many diet soda drinks per day? While phosphorus is necessary for bone development, too much in the diet can upset the balance of calcium in the body, and lead to bone loss. Researchers have found that women that drink even just one caffeine-containing soft drink per day (regular or diet), experience more bone loss in their hips than women that don't consume any.

85% Vitamin D defiency (06/21/2006 04:56PM)

For men and women aged 51-70, the adequate intake (AI) is 400 IU/day.

The AI for calcium is 1000 mg/day for men & women aged 51-70. Those over 70 should consume 1200 mg/day. If your diet is already high in calcium (meaning, you consumed 3 servings of dairy foods per day), you may not need an additional calcium supplement.

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95%	Dairy and Calcium Paradox? (08/15/1999 08:00AM)
	That`s why populations with low calcium consumption manage to form healthy skeletons, and high calcium consumers don`t develop bones like mastodons. Green leafy vegetables, tofu, sardines with the bones, calcium fortified juice, dried beans and calcium supplements also provide calcium for the body. If there is insufficient calcium in the blood, the body will leach it out of bones, therefore demineralizing bone, leading to bone loss.
94%	Dairy and Calcium Paradox? (08/13/1999 08:16AM)
	Robert Heaney, professor of medicine at the Creighton University School of Medicine and a proponent of high dairy consumption, found in a study he co-authored that the "single most important determinate of the rate of bone gain" in young women was not the amount of calcium consumed but the ratio of calcium to protein. That`s why populations with low calcium consumption manage to form healthy skeletons, and high calcium consumers don`t develop bones like mastodons. But what happens...
93%	Vitamins for age 50+ (07/30/2005 01:37PM)
	The Olay vitamins for women over 50 will not hurt you, but may contain less of some nutrients that are still needed for women your age. If you are vegetarian or vegan, you may want to purchase a separate iron supplement in addition to taking the Olay vitamin for women over 50. Complete vegetarians (vegans) should take a multi-vitamin containing vitamin B12 as animal foods are the only source of this nutrient. Try to take your multi-vitamin at a ...
87%	Diet and Exercise (03/10/2004 11:13AM)
	Has any research been done in the area of African American women and diet and exercise, specifically? J Am Diet Assoc. 2003 Oct;103(10):1360-2. July F, Hawthorne D, Elliot J, Robinson W. Weight management behaviors of African American female college students. 2001 Aug-Nov;6(3-4):227-45. Davis L. Exercise and dietary behaviors in African American elders: stages of change in efficacy expectancies.
86%	Hypoglycemia and athletic (10/01/2008 12:38PM)
	Our bodies rely on glycogen (carbohydrate) stored in the muscle and liver to fuel high intensity workouts. In general, female athletes should be eating a minimum of 2000 calories daily (please do not consider this as optimal as many female athletes need many more calories to be well-fueled). If your daughter is skimping on calories as many female athletes do and not having anything of good carbohydrate value before her morning practices, it goes a long ways towards explaining her ...
86%	What muti-vitamin is right for me? (06/18/2008 10:56AM)
	Is there a better brand of mutli-vitamin than others for a 53 year old women allready gone through menopause? It's designed for the woman over 50 and those who have gone through menopause. The multivitamin designed for the older woman has a lower iron level in it than a normal multi-vitamin because a woman past menopause is no longer losing iron through monthly menstruation.
86%	Eating Disoders by Teens (02/03/2003 08:22AM)
	What percent of eating disorders are teens? Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa occur most frequently among female adolescents and young women. The occurrence of eating disorders in men is much less common than in women.
85%	About dieting and the gall bladder (03/03/2008 03:46PM)
	Cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) occurs more often in women than men and is commonly experienced by pregnant women. Dairy products should be low fat (1% or skim milk, reduced fat cheese and cottage cheese). If possible, try to avoid whole milk products (butter, regular cheese, ice cream, etc), fried foods, and highly processed foods (high fat crackers, donuts, processed cake, pie, cookies, etc). A diet high in refined sugar (from ...
85%	Diet soda drinks (05/07/2007 10:19AM)
	What happens to a perswon who drinks many diet soda drinks per day? While phosphorus is necessary for bone development, too much in the diet can upset the balance of calcium in the body, and lead to bone loss. Researchers have found that women that drink even just one caffeine-containing soft drink per day (regular or diet), experience more bone loss in their hips than women that don't consume any.
85%	Vitamin D defiency (06/21/2006 04:56PM)
	For men and women aged 51-70, the adequate intake (AI) is 400 IU/day. The AI for calcium is 1000 mg/day for men & women aged 51-70. Those over 70 should consume 1200 mg/day. If your diet is already high in calcium (meaning, you consumed 3 servings of dairy foods per day), you may not need an additional calcium supplement.