This morning on Canada AM, Dr. Shapiro gave calcium a boost. But this was not just any boost. She commented twice that the preferred source and her preferred source of calcium was food, ie) dairy products. WOW!!! See the whole video clip here.
So I went hunting. The rest of this posting tries to make sense of some of what I found.
I also found the print article at CTV which is much more cautious. The good Doctor also talks about 3 servings of dairy. Hmm I think the last rewrite of the Food Guide (Dairiblawg 2006) blew that one out of the water. She goes further and quotes the necessary grams as 1500 per day!
Well, those of us in dairy land who have been paying attention knew that one too, just another reason to blast the Canada Food Guide and the bureaucrats who wrote it!!! I am getting very tired of Health Canada and the simple things they do not do for our health.
So I went hunting. The rest of this posting tries to make sense of some of what I found.
I also found the print article at CTV which is much more cautious. The good Doctor also talks about 3 servings of dairy. Hmm I think the last rewrite of the Food Guide (Dairiblawg 2006) blew that one out of the water. She goes further and quotes the necessary grams as 1500 per day!
Well, those of us in dairy land who have been paying attention knew that one too, just another reason to blast the Canada Food Guide and the bureaucrats who wrote it!!! I am getting very tired of Health Canada and the simple things they do not do for our health.
In fact I believe it is time some of us reminded the media that Health Canada may have some really serious problems, the least of which is inaccurate dietary advice!!!! What do ordinary Canadians do now?
Other articles link the same study which was written up in the Archive of Internal Medicine. I found another good one at CBC.
While I was there I also found disparaging and very negative remarks by the Nutrition Sleuth! I also spent some time trying to find this person or group. There were some interesting comments on the site as well. One that that still thinks milk may contain rBST (Bovine somatotropin)!!!
Holy cow!!! This just goes to show that farmers and their organizations can never rest when it comes to trying to educate the public. I think they need to farther and take on Health Canada and at the same time keep the public informed about the battle.
One just has to wonder if Candaians are doomed to a litany of deficiency related diseases that our governement should be taking the lead on? -cg
Other articles link the same study which was written up in the Archive of Internal Medicine. I found another good one at CBC.
While I was there I also found disparaging and very negative remarks by the Nutrition Sleuth! I also spent some time trying to find this person or group. There were some interesting comments on the site as well. One that that still thinks milk may contain rBST (Bovine somatotropin)!!!
Holy cow!!! This just goes to show that farmers and their organizations can never rest when it comes to trying to educate the public. I think they need to farther and take on Health Canada and at the same time keep the public informed about the battle.
One just has to wonder if Candaians are doomed to a litany of deficiency related diseases that our governement should be taking the lead on? -cg
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