Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: If Milk or Pop?, take Milk... (But better yet, water)

Hi Barb, and all,

Yes there are some scary statistics out there. Unfortunately�.calcium and iron seem to be the two big deficiencies in female adolescents.

You're right about the dark sodas being the enemy of calcium. The culprit in dark colored sodas is phosphoric acid. It sucks up the calcium and magnesium like a sponge. A wiser choice is to pick a clear soda, but then all of the common ones use high fructose corn syrup as the sweetener, not to mention the carbonation factor, which goes against most of us with IBS. If you want to see something really SCARY take and old tooth, like a saved baby tooth. Put it in a glass of dark colored soda and leave it over night. The next day it will be GONE. I'm serious. It's no wonder you can clean the acid off your car battery by just pouring a coke over it!!!

Another thing about calcium and teens. 45% of your bone mass is formed while you are a teenager. Think of what the girls are setting themselves up for in later years by currently drinking only diet sodas to stay thin?

Peaches,��a Root Beer isn't necessarily a bad choice��..Try and find a NATURAL one, one that doesn't use phosphoric acid. If you can tolerate the bubble factor you're fine having one now and then.

And Barb, It is my belief if all adults your age get at least 1,000 mgs of calcium a day from all sources they are fine. It's the teens and oldies, (like myself) that need between 1,200 to 1,500 mg. BTW, spinach and broccoli and white beans, besides tofu and enriched products are good non-dairy sources.

Anyone can be wise on nutrition thanks to the net. There are all sorts of great FREE health e-newsletters out there if you want to subscribe to them. HealthWorldOnline is a good one to start with: http://www.healthy.net/ You can pick and choose from many categories.

Barbara, Thanks for the compliment but I'm afraid I'm out of the loop, so to speak. I'm a fickle Home Economist depending on where my interests lay at any one time. (I recently spent nearly 5 years studying the evolution of the sexes, and that is certainly more social anthropology than human ecology.) If I stick around here I guess I better remember where I read this or that so I can document my statements. I'm a periodicals junky and I'm afraid they are EVERYWHERE��.workroom, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, car, purse, totes. When I can grab a free minute, I'll read!

(BEV?..... come organize ME?)

Kandee

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