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Goat milk powder for nutrient absorption
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: 3 days ago | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
I read the same thing on Facebook, but haven't had time to follow up. I have severe osteoporosis -4+ in spine -2.3 in femur and I'm 64. I was first diagnosed five years ago - and Covid made me drop the ball on my bone health. Since the initial diagnosis, I have just been eating well - and doing exercise, but not necessarily weight-bearing because I don't want fracture anything. Instead, I walk - and swim and garden a lot. I take 2000 units of vitamin D and nothing else. I have increased my consumption of cottage cheese and I always have at least one cup of almond milk per day. I use almonds and other nuts as my primary snack food to get the necessary minerals. My DEXA did not change for five years and I was grateful that just eating well allowed me to maintain my bone mass; even if it's not that good! So if you're hesitant to try goat milk powder, or have problems with lactose intolerance, almond milk is another option because it has app double the calcium as cows milk.
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appreciate your situation . I have begun to lean heavily towards lactose free cows milk and get 13 gms of protein that I could not match with nut milks.
@anatomary About eating a lot of almond products, have learned they’re high in oxalates which bind w calcium and 1) prevent absorption ( and 2) can also lead to kidney stones in some of us), unfortunately…
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@anatomary I am 10 years older than you with similar DEXA scores. Not on any bone meds.
The issue I have with almond milk, is that the calcium is not from the almonds, but is added to the product during processing. Sort of like adding a calcium pill to the almond milk.
For those who want food-based calcium, I recently discovered Seen Calcium Chews, which are 100% food based. Each chew contains 500mg calcium, 400IU Vitamin D, plus small amounts of phosphorus and magnesium. The ingredients are organic dates, milk minerals, almonds, milk protein and organic Vitamin D2 mushroom powder. The recommended dose is 1 chew a day. I also take 1/2 dose of a pill form of calcium.
They are available to purchase from their website: https://www.seennutrition.com/
They are kind of expensive. 30 chews cost $35.00 or $29.75 on auto delivery. 90 chews cost $105.00 or $89.25 on auto delivery.