[Villages PL]

November 26, 2013. Heading: "Start today to train healthy eaters for life"

The columnist, a dietition, quotes two other dietitians who have written a book to help parents raise healthy eaters.

Two paragraphs from the bottom of the column there's advice, from the two co-authors, on how to increase calcium. I'l list the recommendations:

1) milk

2) yogurt

3) calcium-fortified orange juice

4) calcium fortified breads and other grains,

5) tofu

6) dairy desserts such as pudding and ice cream

7) low fat cheeses in sandwiches, snacks and casseroles.



My Comment: What's missing from the above recommendations? There's no mention of the very best way to get calcium: "Dark leafy greans". Dairy is the worst way to get calcium because it makes the body acidic and, therefore, causes calcium to get excreted in the urine. Although, on second thought, the worst advice is to get calcium from ice cream. And this is from a book that's supposed to be teaching parents to train healthy eaters.

I suspect that the columnist and the book's co-authors are employed by the dairy industry. I've been reading this column and noticing this for quite some time.