Look Strong & Healthy
Don't overlook the power of calcium! Calcium helps maintain bone density and keeps you standing tall by pulling your skin tightly over your skeleton to keep it smooth.
Twenty-five powerful bone builders are:
- Skim and low-fat milk
- Nonfat and low-fat yogurt
- Ice cream
- Sherbet
- Buttermilk
- Cheese
- Cottage cheese
- Ricotta cheese
- Evaporated skim milk
- Nonfat milk powder
- Calcium-fortified orange juice
- Calcium-enriched bread
- Calcium-fortified cereal
- Macaroni and cheese
- White beans
- Salmon with bones
- Sardines with bones
- Spinach
- Turnip greens
- Bok choy
- Curly endive
- Pudding
- Nonfat cream cheese
- Tofu (check for calcium content)
- Calcium-fortified soy milk
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Reprinted with permission from Smart Cookies Don't Get Stale by Catherine Christie, Susan Mitchell, and Debra Fulghum Bruce. (Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1999)
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