Re: Vitamin D call for Asian children
- From: Maria <frustated@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:59:52 GMT
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:13:23 GMT, 83YearsOfSocialResearch
<all@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:26:13 +0000, Anonymous wrote:
Milk was given to primary school children for its calcium content.
But calcium and vitamin D are closely tied together, vitamin D deficiency
reduces ability to absorb calcium, so either giving more calcium or giving
more vitamin D (if diet already contains sufficient calcium but
insufficient Vitamin D) might have the same effect of reducing risk of
rickets.
Since other food stuffs are now subject to mandatory minimum calcium
levels, it could be argued that milk is necessary.
You might also want to look up lactose intolerance. Don't assume that
Maggie was motivated only by money.
Did that, interesting, google has a feature I hadnt seen before
Refine results for "search phrase" - thats cool
So it looks like there is a test for it (lactose intolerance), so if its
litigation they were worried about they could have asked parents to take
the test for their children which would be of benefit to them anyway.
but an interesting point from a "the guardian" article -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1104740,00.html
If the lactose we absorb is greater than our lactase capacity, undigested
lactose travels to the large intestine, where it ferments, producing gas,
carbon dioxide and lactic acid. The result? Bloating, cramps, diarrhoea
and farts. In 1965, investigators at Johns Hopkins found that 15% of all
the white people and almost three-quarters of all the black people they
tested were unable to digest lactose. Milk, it seemed, was a racial issue,
and far more people in the world are unable than able to digest lactose.
That includes most Thais, Japanese, Arabs and Ashkenazi Jews, and 50% of
Indians.
Presumably they are referring to cow's milk and not human milk? :)
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