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Default Vegans 40pc more likely to suffer bone fractures.

On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:58:28 -0000, "NY" wrote:

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The article doesn't say explicitly whether a vegan diet *with no
vitamin/mineral supplements* can supply the calcium that vegetarians and
carnivores would get from milk.


A link on there did though:

https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/plant-based-diet.html

"Calcium

Calcium is essential for bone health, along with weight bearing
exercise and a healthy diet. An adult requires approximately 700mg per
day. Dairy foods are rich in calcium but if you are not eating these
make sure you obtain calcium from other sources like fortified plant
based dairy alternatives, dried fruit e.g. figs, nuts such as almonds,
leafy green vegetables, red kidney beans, sesame seeds, tahini and
tofu to lower your risk of bone fractures."

What vegan foods contain calcium for keeping
bones strong?


https://www.healthline.com/nutrition...s#1.-Soy-Foods

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/the-vegan-diet/

"Good sources of calcium for vegans include:

green, leafy vegetables – such as broccoli, cabbage and okra, but
not spinach
fortified unsweetened soya, rice and oat drinks
calcium-set tofu
sesame seeds and tahini
pulses
brown and white bread (in the UK, calcium is added to white and
brown flour by law)
dried fruit, such as raisins, prunes, figs and dried apricots"

Is calcium added to plant-based (eg soya) "milk"?


Typically, yes.

Cheers, T i m