Calcium......

[Emilie1 3]

I posted this under nutrition and got no answers so I thought I would try again....If my milk has 35% of my Calcium in a serving and I am drinking 3 servings a day, how much more calcium do I need for supplement? I don't know what 35% translates in to mg's of calcium. Thanks for any info......

[canadagirl33 0]

Ok...this looks like one of those trick questions that looks so simple and then when you answer you look like a fool because it wasn't as simple as it seemed !!! Does that make sense???

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and give it a shot...

If one serving has 35% of your daily needs and you drink 3 servings a day...

35% x 3 servings = 105% of your daily needs.

Is that not right?...Is my brain in super simple mode?? ~Sigh~

Patricia

[canadagirl33 0]

And by the way...

With a quick Google search, from what I can tell, the average woman, pre-menapausal, should get about 1200mg a day.

[Emilie1 3]

I got the 105% part, but does that equal the 1200mg I need a day. I think, if my friend was correct I still need about an extra 300 -400 mg a day. I am still not 100% sure. I will keep researching it. It was not intended to be a trick question, but can see where it might look that way.

[Candle 11]

I just did a google search and one glass of milk has 300mg of Calcium.< /p>

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends that women intake 1,000 mg (1g) of calcium daily, and then increase their daily dosage to 1,500 mg (1.5g) post menopause.