Re: Too much calcium

[Françoise]

Carmen,

Skim milk is better for the bones than whole milk. It seems that the fat in
the whole milk reduce the absorption of calcium by the bones.

Françoise.

John/Carmen wrote:

> Hi,
> For the past week I've been drinking non fat milk. I don't seem to havea
> problem drinking it.
>
> Carmen
>

[John/Carmen]

Hi Francoise,
I don't drink whole milk. I haven't tried skim milk, but I've been
drinking fat free milk for the past week. It seems to be agreeing to my
body because whole milk get me constipated.
If you have any information about this I would love to hear it.
I have to take calcium supplements and I don't know which to buy because
of my constipation problem. Would you know if there is a brand that
won't get me constipated?

Thank you,
Carmen

Talk to you later.

[Françoise]

Carmen,

I thought skim milk was fat free milk. I live in Canada and here we have:
whole milk: 3.75% of fat (I think)
2% milk
1% milk
Skim milk: 0% of fat.

Françoise.

John/Carmen wrote:

> Hi Francoise,
> I don't drink whole milk. I haven't tried skim milk, but I've been
> drinking fat free milk for the past week. It seems to be agreeing to my
> body because whole milk get me constipated.
> If you have any information about this I would love to hear it.
> I have to take calcium supplements and I don't know which to buy because
> of my constipation problem. Would you know if there is a brand that
> won't get me constipated?
>
> Thank you,
> Carmen
>
> Talk to you later.

[Art S]

"Françoise" <jackf@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:3F62A6E8.605F828B@sympatico.ca...
Carmen,

I thought skim milk was fat free milk. I live in Canada and here we have:
whole milk: 3.75% of fat (I think)
2% milk
1% milk
Skim milk: 0% of fat.

Françoise.


Checking the USDA site (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl?milk),
we get:

whole milk: 3.25% fat
reduced fat milk: 2%
lowfat milk: 1%
nonfat / fat free / skim milk: 0%

Art

[John/Carmen]

Hi Francoise,

I'm not sure, but I thought that fat free is slim milk, but my husband
is telling me they are not the same. I'm going to check it out when I go
to the grocery store.

Carmen

Talk to you later.