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sBCalcium supplements may not
be the answer to the calcium defi
ciencies of many Americans, an
A&M nutritionist says.
rri“It would be more helpful to
the public if it got its calcium
through its diet,** Dymple Cook
sey, a nutritionist with the Texas
Agriculture Extension Service,
says.
•A myth exists that pills can give
the proper calcium needed in
ones diet, Cooksey says. Al
though some supplements such
§ijcalcium carbonate, calcium lac
tate and calcium gluconate can as
sist in the proper calcium intake,
some supplements can be harm
ful, she says.
HTThe calcium supplement bone
meal dolomite may be contami
nated with toxic metals such as ar
senic, mercury, lead and cad
mium, which could lead to
serious consequences ranging
from illness to death.
■A further drawback is that
these supplements are no better
absorbed, as claimed, than other
forms of calcium, she says.
HiThe best sources of calcium are
milk and other dairy products.
Expert: Children lose on calcium intake by drinking juices
By Susan Miller
Reporter
Remember when mom sent
you to school with a sack lunch
and milk money? “You need your
calcium,” she said. Now, however,
calcium-rich milk is being re
placed in traditional school
lunches.
The introduction of fruitjuices
packaged in individual servings
means children no longer have to
buy milk with their lunches, but
the juice lacks needed calcium.
“Even if mothers are sending
money for milk to school with
their children, the kids usually
find something else to spend it
on,” says Carol B. Suter, an ex
tension nutrition specialist with
the Texas A&M Expanded Nutri
tion Program.
The reduction of calcium in
the diets of children and teen-ag
ers mirrors society as a whole,
Suter says.
The United States Department
of Agriculture’s Nationwide Food
Consumption Survey (1980)
shows that 42 percent of females
over 11 and 35 percent of males
consume less than 70 percent of
the recommended dietary allow
ance of calcium.
According to the Food and Nu
trition Board, calcium is essential
in pre-teen and teen-age years.
During this time, 45 percent of
the adult skeletal mass is formed. ' r
Suter says young fetnales have
the greatest amount of risk for
. calcium deficiency. HANES data
shows that after the age of 15,
more than half of the females in
the United States have calcium in
takes below the RDA require
ments.
Although females have a
higher risk of calcium deficiency,
about 50 percent between 11 and
18 are consuming the RDA re
quirements.
This compares with the 25 per
cent of males who are receiving
the RDA requirements in the
same age group.
The RDA of calcium for chil
dren from ages one to 10 is 800
milligrams. Adolescents from
ages 14 to 18 require 1200 milli
grams a day.
If children and teen-agers are
not getting enough calcium at
school, parents can make up for
this loss at other meals, Suter
says.
Ice cream, powdered milk,
cheese, milk shakes, yogurt, broc
coli and mustard greens are some
foods that contain good sources
of calcium, she says.
“It is a good idea to check with
your physician before giving your
child calcium supplements, but
they are better than having no
calcium at all,” Suter says.
According to a study by the
National Institute of Health in
1984, the daily intake of calcium
in the United States is 400 to 500
milligrams per day, far short of
the 800 milligrams required.
Some of the other products plen
tiful in calcium include yogurt
and cheeses, Cooksey says. The
calcium in milk especially is well-
absorbed because of its lactose
and vitamin D content.
Other good sources of calcium
include buttermilk and hard
cheeses, she says.
Non-dairy sources include
canned salmon; sardines; mack
erel with edible bones; dried
beans; dark, green, leafy vegeta
bles; almonds and hazelnuts, she
says.
According to the National In
stitute of Health, the usual daily
intake of elemental calcium in the
United States is 450 milligrams to
550 milligrams. This is well below
the current recommended daily
amount of 800 milligrams for
adults.
However, the most alarming
statistic involves the lack of cal
cium teens are receiving. The rec
ommended daily amount for a
person 11 to 18 years old is 1200
mg. The average intake is about
450 mg to 550 mg, well below
NIH panel recommendations.
“Osteoporosis — literally ‘po
rous bone’ — is a disease that is
affecting six million older people
in the United States alone,” an os
teoporosis article in “Forecast For
Home Economics” says. Leslie
Weiner, the author of the article,
says osteoporosis is the twelfth
leading cause of death in the na
tion.
Osteoporosis occurs when the
calcium level in the blood is de
pleted and withdraws calcium
from bones to renew the level, the
article says.
“Over time, if more calcium is
removed, the bones will become
more porous, thin and fragile,”
Weiner says.
The best treatment of osteopo
rosis is prevention — a process
which should start early in life,
Cooksey says. Cooksey adds that a
proper diet can help a person to
avoid the need for supplements
at an older age.
Because adolescence is a time
of rapid bone growth, a poor diet
at this point might increase one’s
chances of developing the disease
later in life, Weiner says.
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AUSTIN (AP) — Opponents of legaliz-
ngJhorse- and dog-race gambling Tuesday
aunched their campaign against the racing
jroposal on the Nov. 3 Texas ballot by say-
ngfthe sports bring sharp increases in ani-
nal cruelty.
“For every multimillion-dollar racehorse
ike Secretariat, who makes an enormous
imount of money for his owner and is often
royally treated for the rest of his life, there
ire thousands of cheaper horses that en-
lure a miserable existence and even die on
heirace track,” Ann Koros said.
Koros, of the Texas Humane Informa-
ion Network, charged that racing dogs also
suffer abuses.
si^Very few greyhounds live to the age of
four, since even dogs that race successfully
are destroyed to save feed costs when they
stop earning money,” she said.
Koros spoke at a news conference spon
sored by Texans Who Care, a coalition
leading opposition to the ballot referendum
that would legalize parimutuel wagering in
Texas for the first time in half a century.
Sue Cox, campaign director for the
group, said opponents this autumn will at
tack the proposal on many fronts, including
the increase in crime she said accompanies
legalized gambling and the addictions to
betting that some gamblers develop. She
said the group hopes to raise $500,000 for
its campaign.
“Business people, law enforcement offi
cials, animal rights advocates, those who
care about regressive policies and religious
leaders have all come together to urge Tex.-
ans to reject legalized parimutuel gambling
on dog and horse races,” Cox said.
“We feel confident that when Texas vot
ers compare these facts with the myths of
parimutuel gambling, they will reject legal
ized racetrack gambling on dog and horse
racing,” she added.
Nick Kralj, president of the Greyhound
Racing Association of Texas, said charges
of animal cruelty are unfounded.
“It’s a rather desperate tactic by some
people,” Kralj said.-^hat (animal abuse) is
not going to happen in Texas and it’s not
happening in Texas” where large numbers
of greyhounds currently are bred.
Koros said a survey of racehorse veteri
narians by the American Association of
Equine Practitioners found that 60 percent
to 90 percent of horses on racetracks are
“significantly lame.”
Some horses are forced to race at too
young an age and many track surfaces are
so hard that horses suffer injuries, she said.
“The use of super painkilling drugs
means that many horses, forced to run with
injuries, simply collapse during the race
with broken or shattered legs,” she said.
“Over 2,000 horses each year are maimed
and killed in these on-track breakdowns.”
Dog racing, too, is dangerous for ani
mals, Koros said.
“Greyhound racing requires that dogs be
bred in large quantities in the hopes of pro
ducing a few good runners,” she said.
“Therefore, 30,000 to 50,000 greyhounds
are killed every year by their owners be
cause they can’t run fast enough to win.
“Over 90 percent of greyhound trainers
believe the live lure is necessary in order for
the dogs to develop a lust for blood and be
come successful racers. So, most trainers
use live lure — usually rabbits, sometimes
kittens — teaching the dogs to catch living
bait and rip it to shreds.”
Kralj disputed that, saying both the state
and national greyhound associations had
outlawed the use of live lures,
“They train with mechanical lures,” he
said. “It’s a phony issue.”
Backers of pari-mutuel wagering say it
will be a substantial source of non-tax reve
nue for state government as well as provide
a form of entertainment that polls indicate
Texans want.
“Our polls show 69 percent to 70 percent
of people want it,” Kralj said.
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