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Comment by julia fyvie on May 31, 2009 at 12:38pm

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Comment by Sandy Melhorn on September 19, 2008 at 7:39pm

Therese, I agree. It is our job to take ownership of our health. And if we don't there are far reaching affects, not only to ourselves but our loved ones, friends, and even fellow taxpayers as our already overburdened health care system (really a sick care system) tries to deal with us.

I also agree, if not us, then who will care for the environment. That's one reason I am a strong believer in getting our hydration, not from bottle after bottle after bottle of water we purchase, but make a wise choice of drinking pure water via a great water filter from which we fill our resuable bottle repeatedly.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, take care and be well, Sandy

Comment by Therese Kutscheid on September 15, 2008 at 7:24am

Hi everyone,
this is realy a wonderfull group to interact with. I totaly agree, our health & environment are very important and if we don't take care for both of them who will? I have so many people in my life who are concern with they health including myself. My belief is everyone should take responsibility for their own health, it is courtesy to you family & society. If you sick you are just burden to everyone. I know everyone can get sick even if you take care for yourself but many people just drink & eat junk and hardly ever move more then they have to.
Another thing environment. If we don't take care for it who will? It is for all of us and we should not take it for granted.
Thank's Sandy and Rick for those interesting articles.

Comment by Sallie Greenleaf on September 13, 2008 at 9:27pm

Thanks Sandy for asking for clarification of the question. Indeed, there are many factors involved. Initially, I was only thinking of the per cup mg. which as you point out is not the only consideration. Glad you mentioned the sesame seeds. I think they are the highest per cup. But who wants to eat a cup? Dairy, on the other hand [thought most of us like it] , the calcium is bound to the protein and not much is absorbable.
Dark green leafy vegetables are very good source without the oxalate of course. Sesame seeds put with dark greens, along with other veggies and Wow, a healthy salad!

Comment by Sandy Melhorn on September 12, 2008 at 2:24am

Very interesting question you asked Sallie. And difficult to answer. When you ask what is the richest source of available calcium on the planet, do you mean in terms of the quantity of calcium per calorie in the food, or the highest amount of calcium in the food per cup, by weight, by serving, or the highest amount that is absorbable by our body per quantity ingested? And for that matter, the other foods we eat with the high calcium foods affect how much of the calcium we absorb. Also the other content of the food affects its absorbability.

For instance, I cup of collard greens provides 355 mg of calcium vs Amaranth greens of 90mg per cup. However collard greens have 580 mg per 100 calories and Amaranth has 857 mg calcium per 100 calories. Kombu (a seaweed) has 391 mg per 100 calories and 340 mg per 1 cup serving.

Some vegtables, such as spinach, also contain oxalate which blocks the absorbtion of calcium. In the case of spinach the oxalate blocks about 95% of the available calcium, whereas the low oxalate in vegetables such as kale and collards allow more than 50% of the available calcium to be absorb. Also kale provides alkali salts. This helps counteract the problem of the acid from protein decreasing the calcium that can be absorbed by the body.

There is a list that was compiled using the USDA nutritional database that is very interesting and informative. On this list sesame seeds top the chart with 975 mg of calcium per 100grams (3.35 oz) of seeds. That's alot of sesame seeds to eat. So another question would be what's the richest source based on how much we would be reasonably inclined to eat?

I would love to hear from anyone that knows, not necessarily what is the most richest source of available calcium, but what is the best source that is most absorbed by our body and factors in how much we would likely eat or enjoy eating regularly.

And as always, we must keep in mind that just because we ingest the best, the rest of what we eat must not defeat the original intention, instead we should look for the best all around so that it all works synergistically to our benefit.

Comment by Sallie Greenleaf on September 11, 2008 at 10:09pm

I just sent out a "trivia" question I think by email however, anyone can respond here though.

Comment by Sallie Greenleaf on August 6, 2008 at 9:50pm

Can everyone join the webinar?

Comment by Diane Boyko Achatz and Fred Achatz on July 26, 2008 at 4:39pm

We're trying to decrease our "footprint" while trying to do what we can to save our planet. I'm not especially political, but I do belong to the Care2 community, and sign various petitions that impact global warning and other environmental issues. It's a good place to sign petititons, because the petititons go directly to your representatives. It's nice to get a response from your state and national reps after they've received your input.

Comment by Ron Wade on July 26, 2008 at 2:33pm

Shirley is so right it is extremely important that we take care of our earth. Not only for our self but for our children, grandchildren and all generations to follow. We need to do everything we can to reduce emissions and reduce gas and diesel consumption naturally using biodegradable and non-toxic products

Comment by Shirley Tyson on July 25, 2008 at 10:11pm

It's important that we take care of what God created for us to enjoy. Plus get the chemicals out of our home by using household products that are safe for our health and the environment.

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