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... calcium , a mineral the body used to build , maintain , and repair its bones . The solid portion of milk is the most con- centrated of all dietary sources of calcium . Adequate supplies of calcium can also be obtained from eating dark ...
... calcium , a mineral the body used to build , maintain , and repair its bones . The solid portion of milk is the most con- centrated of all dietary sources of calcium . Adequate supplies of calcium can also be obtained from eating dark ...
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... calcium and maximum rates of bone growth in nursing infants . Juveniles and adults in need of calcium can also benefit from this formula , provided they have milkable animals and are lactase- sufficient . Let me be a bit more explicit ...
... calcium and maximum rates of bone growth in nursing infants . Juveniles and adults in need of calcium can also benefit from this formula , provided they have milkable animals and are lactase- sufficient . Let me be a bit more explicit ...
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... calcium in milk also would be passed out of the body without being abosrbed . To test for the effects of lactase insufficiency on the ability to absorb calcium , scientists at the Center for the Study of Bone Disease at the University ...
... calcium in milk also would be passed out of the body without being abosrbed . To test for the effects of lactase insufficiency on the ability to absorb calcium , scientists at the Center for the Study of Bone Disease at the University ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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