Getting enough Calcium and Vitamin D in your new diet?

>> Thursday, March 26, 2009

Since doing the Detox Diet 5 weeks ago, I've really cut down on my milk consumption - I generally make my cereal with water now (Hodgson Mill Multi Grain with Milled Flaxseed and Soy Cereal), and in general I haven't been drinking milk (but in my defense, I've been juicing up a storm...).

I've questioned whether I've been getting sufficient calcium, but hadn't thought of Vitamin D. My husband has been talking to his doctor and thinks I need to be getting more in my diet. So I did some research, and I think he is probably right.

For calcium, I'm not as concerned, as I eat a lot of Kale, Carrots, Beets and Broccoli which are high in calcuim. I found a great reference here: http://carrotcafe.com/f/calevel.html . According to this list, I should probably include vegetables such as Dandelion Greens, Mustard Spinach, turnip greens and lambsquarter (does anyone know what this is??)

But when I read about where I could find Vitamin D, I was surprised. Mushrooms and sunlight are about the only sources...

I found this reference that was helpful - it also has a list of which foods nutrients can be found in general, which is a great source of info when trying to balance out your diet: http://www.healthalternatives2000.com/vitamins-nutrition-chart.html

I also found this reference, which was written with Vegan's in mind. I'm not a vegan myself, but I guess I'm turning more that way (still won't give up on my meats though, as much as I like veggies). I found this reference helpful: http://www.vegansociety.com/food/nutrition/vitaminD.php

So the moral of the story is that its worth reading up on some of these areas when trying to sort out how to balance your diet after detoxing. Its easy to feel that because you are eating (or drinking) more vegetables that you are covered, but its important to know what nutrition you are getting and what you need to supplement. Vitamin D is an important one - so I'll be trying to find alternative sources (given that my fair Irish skin likes to be kept out of the sunlight... and I live in Vermont....)

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Detox Supplies

Juice of the Day

Carrot, Apple & Ginger

You will need: 1 apple, 3-4 carrots, and a slice of ginger.

Juice the apple and carrots and ginger slice in the juicer. Serve immediately!

Delicious!

This is a juice that I use as a baseline for other juices. To add more "power" try adding the following ingredients:

- Stick of Celery
- Handful of Alfalfa sprouts
- Some kale, spinach, other leafy greens


Soup of the Day - the healthy way!

Butternut Squash & Orange Juice

Split a butternut squash down the middle, and scoop out the seeds and set aside. Wash & dry and place on a baking tray. Place a tablespoon of orange juice in the cavity. Cover with foil and bake in a 375 deg. oven for about 45 mins - 1 hr. Test the flesh with a fork - when its soft, its done! Meanwhile, while the squash is cooking, wash the seeds, removing fibers of flesh, and place on a baking tray to dry. Remove baked squash from the oven and allow to cool. Pour the OJ into a blender, and scoop out all of the flesh into the blender, discarding the skins. Puree the squash, and then pour into a saucepan. Add about 6 cups of distilled or spring water (do not use tap water, as it contains chlorine etc which defeats your healthy mission). Bring to the boil and its ready to eat!

When the seeds have dried, bake them in the oven for 30 mins until roasted. Sprinkle on top of the soup and serve.

Enjoy!

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