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My doctor recommended not taking supplements if I am getting sufficient calcium in my diet. Started eating/drinking lots of milk products on top of my vegetarian diet that has lots of greens and broccoli, and my cholesterol went up, not a problem I ever had. Dropped the cheese and started drinking/eating skim milk and no-fat yogurt/kefir and it went down again. I hate even thinking about this stuff!

Everything is a balancing act.

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@janism agree. Hard to keep track of I asked similar question as I wanted to know if I’m already eating enough of required calcium and what not, do I still supplement??? Well, I’ve met with an alternative Dr. also a nutritionist, and still don’t really have an answer. So someone else suggested an app for tracking meals. But I haven’t been diligent about that. I don’t see that it tells me how much calcium I’ve taken in,…
So,…
I am as confused as I began and know certain levels of my labs are off, changed some things, and am waiting and trying to learn and ask.

I’ve been trying all whole milk products, more like the latest recommendations, and mainly sticking with sheep and goat dairy. Also kefir as it’s an improved cow product. Idk what’s the solution, but am just trying like yourself and so many others to make improvements wherever possible. But very confused