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...drink market: In the past five years, orange juice distributors, caught in an increasingly tight marketplace, have been ratcheting up health claims and injecting their juices with all sorts of vitamins and minerals. Tropicana, a subdivision of Pepsi-Cola, first shook up the market back in 1997 by adding calcium to its formulations, and pushing its product as a healthy alternative for the lactose intolerant and other milk-phobics...
...drink market: In the past five years, orange juice distributors, caught in an increasingly tight marketplace, have been ratcheting up health claims and injecting their juices with all sorts of vitamins and minerals. Tropicana, a subdivision of Pepsi-Cola, first shook up the market back in 1997 by adding calcium to its formulations, and pushing its product as a healthy alternative for the lactose intolerant and other milk-phobics...
Since beef, chicken and fish are good sources of protein and vitamins, nutritionists stress that a vegetarian diet requires vigilance, especially during the growth spurts that occur in adolescence. Strict vegans, especially menstruating girls, have to be particularly careful to get enough iron, zinc, calcium and B12. (B12 is not found in vegetables.) Yet most experts agree that the diet is eminently manageable. "It's easier to absorb and maintain the necessary nutrients if you eat a little bit of meat or fish," says Bier. But beans, tofu, peanut butter, broccoli, milk, eggs and whole grains can provide protein, iron...
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HEAVY METAL Calcium supplements may be delivering more than you bargained for. A study of 22 brands shows that fully one-third contain detectable levels of lead. Making matters worse, the contamination was not restricted to one type of calcium, such as that derived from oyster shells, or to one manufacturer, because lead levels in the same brand varied from lot to lot. To be hurt by the lead, you would have to consume high doses of calcium over many years, so researchers don't suggest you stop taking the pills. But they do call on the industry...