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**themsrsdude** · 08-24-2009, 06:52 PM

Green vegetables do vary in calcium content. For example, a cup of Chinese broccoli contains about twice the calcium of a cup of broccoli.

The amount of calcium in a cup of Chinese broccoli is about a third of that of a cup of skim milk, and about a fifth of that of a cup of plain skim milk yogurt. But the calorie content of the Chinese broccoli is less than a third of that of a cup of skim milk, and less than a fifth of that of a cup of plain skim milk yogurt.

A US government site here:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
lets you look up various foods' nutrition content.

Remember to get enough vitamin D from either sun exposure or food to ensure good calcium use.

Regarding your breakfast, it does look better than your previous pure sugar breakfasts of juice and dried fruit, but it still seems that sugars from fruit and honey are a large percentage of your breakfast. You may want to have some unsweetened oatmeal or beans (slow digesting non-sugar carbohydrates) instead of the dried cherries and honey.

08-24-2009, 06:52 PM	#2
themsrsdude Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Green vegetables do vary in calcium content. For example, a cup of Chinese broccoli contains about twice the calcium of a cup of broccoli. The amount of calcium in a cup of Chinese broccoli is about a third of that of a cup of skim milk, and about a fifth of that of a cup of plain skim milk yogurt. But the calorie content of the Chinese broccoli is less than a third of that of a cup of skim milk, and less than a fifth of that of a cup of plain skim milk yogurt. A US government site here: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ lets you look up various foods' nutrition content. Remember to get enough vitamin D from either sun exposure or food to ensure good calcium use. Regarding your breakfast, it does look better than your previous pure sugar breakfasts of juice and dried fruit, but it still seems that sugars from fruit and honey are a large percentage of your breakfast. You may want to have some unsweetened oatmeal or beans (slow digesting non-sugar carbohydrates) instead of the dried cherries and honey.
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