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5. Calcium
You might have heard that eating a low protein diet reduces the need for calcium in the body. This has been disproven by research again and again. Vegans might like to think that they don’t need as much calcium as others, but this is not the case. You might have been told that our ancestors did not drink milk and got all the calcium they needed from wild greens. Whether or not this is true we may not ever know for certain, but there is one thing we know: Our ancestors typically only lived to be 40 or 50 years old, well before they had to concern themselves with things like osteoporosis. We also know that today’s modern farming methods leave our vegetables with less calcium than in the last 100 years.
Even omnivores who eat dairy products and drink milk sometimes have difficulty getting enough calcium, which is why things like fortified orange juice are sold. They don’t do so as a favor to vegans; foods are fortified with calcium for vegans and omnivores alike. If you consume plenty of fortified foods as well as the recommended four cups of cooked greens every day, you might not need a calcium supplement, but most people, especially women over the age of 50, probably do. Women under the age of 50 and men under 70 will need 1,000 mgs of calcium daily. Men over 70 and women over 50 need 1,200 mgs of calcium each day.
Daniel Gray
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:36 pm
No such thing as a Vegan. When you sleep at night your face loses skin cells and they are breathed in via your mouth or nose and your body digests them; and if you have a partner who is sleeping in the bed with you, then you can double intake of human skin cells. So medically there is no such thing as a person who refuses to eat meat as you are eating it no matter if you want to or not.
Dont believe me? Ask your doctor and get ready for a shock!