Laurel on Health Food

Women’s Health Magazine described an easy way to calculate how much calcium is in the foods you eat. A Journal of Public Policy & Marketing study found that many women are not getting enough calcium because they do not translate the daily value (DV) percentages on food labels to actual milligrams. The recommended daily value for women is 1,000 milligrams of calcium (1,200-1,500 if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or at risk for osteoporosis).

Here is the simple formula to calculate milligrams of calcium:
Add a “0″ to the percentage of calcium on the label.

Example: If the label on your milk says 30% next to calcium, there is 300 milligrams of calcium in a serving.

Ref: Women’s Health, January/February 2008, p. 28

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 29th, 2007 at 10:12 am and is filed under Calcium. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

If you enjoyed reading this port, please consider subscribing. You can subscribe via RSS or via e-mail.