supplementing dairy free milks

[Guest guest]

Well said. :-)

 

The only supplement we use in our household is B12. Regarding calcium, we eat

lots of green leafy vegetables. Regarding Vitamin D, we make a point of getting

a controlled amount of sunshine on our skin. Once the winter wanes, and the sun

starts to get a bit higher in the sky, I take my timer outside with me and lie

there with as much skin exposed as I can, 10 minutes on each side. That amount

warms my fair skin without burning. It feels great in the early spring and

gradually builds up a protective colouring in my fair skin for summer. People

with darker pigmentation can afford to stay exposed a little longer. Later in

the summer, I go around with bare skin wearing shorts or a skirt. Even

incidental exposure like that adds to the accumulation.

 

One of the important factors to remember about Vitamin D is that we store it up.

It's actually a hormone, rather than an vitamin, that we produce in our skin

from exposure to ultra violet rays. The amount of vitamin D we manufacture

during the summer, can carry us through winter.

 

Deborah

 

 

One only needs to supplement milks if the milks are being used to replace

food. In a properly balance vegan diet, there will be plenty of

bioavailable plant based calcium and vitamins and there should be no need to

supplement.

 

As Karen pointed out, only 15 minutes a day of sun exposure will give a

child proper Vitamin D levels. I think it's something like 1 cup of sesame

seeds is enough calcium and other foods contain the balance of magnesium and

vitamin C necessary for digesting and processing the calcium.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about supplementing the milks until you figure out

which kind (s) and what they contain to begin with. When the government

started requiring the addition of supplements to milks, it was because they

decided people were not getting RDAs from food and needed help to get their

nutrition. It's been going on for more than 40 years now and most people

have no clue why milks are supplement so they think it's necessary. If

people eat a standard north america diet, indeed, it is necessary, but if

people maintain a vegan and gf life-style I think they are much more healthy

and conscious of balancing their intake of foods to get their required

nutrition.

 

Too much calcium isn't good for people either, and the higher rates of bone

disease (like osteoporosis) may actually be linked to the massive intake of

cow milk products after babies are weaned from the mother. Man is the only

species which insists on feeding it's offspring milk from another mammal

after weaning and we are seeing all sorts of problems with that in the bulk

of the population. BUT ... as usual, the government response is to add more

supplements and hand out some pills (through doctors) instead of admitting

that one of their biggest donators (the Dairy Farmers) have fed us a load of

goods.

 

Anyone else want the soap box for a bit? lol

 

BL

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[Guest guest]

> gradually builds up a protective colouring in my fair skin

> for summer. People with darker pigmentation can afford to

> stay exposed a little longer.

 

They also must stay out longer to get the same amount of vitamin D

produced. The natural melanin in the skin protects against sunburn,

but requires longer exposure for vitamin production. Just a natural

adaptation to evolution in a more equatorial region.

 

> vitamin, that we produce in our skin from exposure to ultra

> violet rays. The amount of vitamin D we manufacture during

> the summer, can carry us through winter.

 

Depends on how much you have stored up nd hw far north you live. Not

only is adult vit D deficiency now a nationwide problem, they are

seeing rickets again in kids in the northeast. Depression (SAD) and

increased cancer risk is also linked to lowv vit D. Sunburn in

childhood may increase skin cancer risk, but total sun avoidance later

on increases it (vit D stops cancer cell from growing, both in vitro

and in long research studies).

[Guest guest]

I was going to mention that people up north are discovering full spectrum

lights to help with SAD and Vitamin D deficiencies, but wasn't sure if it

was needed - smile.

 

BL

 

On 3/23/07, K Oland <oland.k wrote:

>

> > vitamin, that we produce in our skin from exposure to ultra

> > violet rays. The amount of vitamin D we manufacture during

> > the summer, can carry us through winter.

>

> Depends on how much you have stored up nd hw far north you live. Not

> only is adult vit D deficiency now a nationwide problem, they are

> seeing rickets again in kids in the northeast. Depression (SAD) and

> increased cancer risk is also linked to lowv vit D. Sunburn in

> childhood may increase skin cancer risk, but total sun avoidance later

> on increases it (vit D stops cancer cell from growing, both in vitro

> and in long research studies).

>