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Yes...you definitely need a lower daily amount of Calcium if you eliminate animal protein.
Easy daily ways to put calcium in your diet are:
Put Molasses in your bread that you bake...I make whole wheat bread with a TBSP or two molasses and rye or pumpernickle bread with molasses. Or pancakes with molasses...if you don't mind the dark color.
Also-tahini is great for calcium. It is a good salad dressing or veggie dip...add lemon garlic, salt...cumin whatever you like.
We also are addicted to tahini mixed with honey on a rice cake or wheat bread or toast. I mix about3/4 tahini with 1/4 honey in a little ramekin...the honey makes it so yummy and spreadable, not so runny.
Also-you can mix tahini with peanut butter on a sandwich...very yummy and nice consistency. And there is always hummus or any other bean spread with tahini.
Almonds have lots of calcium and minerals.
And I know you already eat lots of whole grains.
I also make all of my soups with finely chopped greens in them. Split pea is great-cut you put the whole thing in the blender in the end and noone is the wiser that there are 'greens' in there.
I'd love to hear about your success with quitting dairy-to get rid of sinus infections...I've heard it works realy well. I hope it works for you too!
I think parsely has a good proportion of calcium too...I am trying to acquire a taste for it.
There is a lot of evidence that people who eat plant based diets have very good bone density. Also-I just learned that moms who breast feed their children have higher bone densities throughout their lives..I know you are looking at the weight loss angle...but I thought that was really interesting.
Giving up dairy is generally a good way to loose weight anyhow : )
Ok-I'm done-lol!
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