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I was just looking into this the other week. You probably do not want calcium from dairy sources because the acidity of dairy requires calcium reserves to digest. There’s an article from McGill about this. The acidity/alkalinity of your diet actually affects bone health and calcium reserves for this reason. You want a non-acidic source of calcium. This is also probably why Japan has such good bone health despite low calcium and no dairy.
So the best sources of calcium would be greens like collared greens, which iirc are one of highest for greens. Calcium is increased from cooking. Then you want seeds, especially sesame and chia. Canned fish in bones are awesome. (Be careful with chia seeds as they absorb water and cause blockages).
You don’t want to have more than 400mg of calcium in a two hour period because too much calcium in one sitting can cause problems down the road like atherosclerosis
You also want a ~1.7 ratio of calcium to mag. This is lost on a lot of people. Magnesium is a calcium regulator. Good sources of calcium are greens, cooked or uncooked. Too much calcium will actually displace magnesium.
Of course the easy way is a small dose Mag/Cal supplement that you take 2-3x a day. But, probably the healthiest is nature’s intended vitamin bundle (greens!). So the easiest while still being natural would be chia/sesame seeds in a blender with uncooked collared greens. This gives good Mag+Cal. Make sure to check nutrition label, hulled vs unhylldd habe different Mag levels. Another easy “natural” source would be blackstrap molasses
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