Sometimes I don't feel that I'm getting enough calcium in the foods that I'm eating and although coral calcium is a great mineral supplement - I'd like to try to get sufficient calcium through my diet.I normally turn to these things for my calcium intake:
Kefir
Raw goat or cow milk (used sparingly)
Homemade sprouted almond (with fig) milk
Green drinks (spinach & kale = calcium)
Bone broths
And other things such as broccoli, brussel sprouts or sesame seeds.
Just recently I came across a recipe (one of Sally Fallon's recipes) which is a coconut milk mixture that has the same amount of calories and calcium as milk. I haven't tried it yet but it caught my attention enough that I wanted to post it so I'll have this recipe on hand.
Here's the recipe:
Coconut Milk Tonic
1 can whole coconut milk
2 1/4 cups filtered water
2 Tbsp pure maple syrup
1 tsp pure vanilla
1 tsp dolomite powder (calcium)
I'm excited to try it!
Wish I had had this recipe when my daughter was younger! I was desperate to get more calcium in her as a toddler who was lactose intolerant. We finally found a source for raw goat's milk that worked for her, but his would have been a fun drink even for a kid!
ReplyDeleteI have a child who has problems digesting milk as well. She handles raw cow's milk okay and raw goat's milk even better. So I'm excited to give her this form of milk.
ReplyDeleteI agree, this does seem like a fun drink. Coconut sweetened with maple syrup? Yum.