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Originally Posted by cercis
You should look to vegetable sources of calcium. Your body absorbs it better than dairy calcium.
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this is 100% incorrect. The oxalates and phytates in vegetables bind the calcium and make it very poorly absorbed. Dairy calcium is extremely well absorbed because of the phosphate and other minerals in it that aid absorption. I think its really impt not to give uninformed medical advice on the internet.
Vitamins are important if there is a deficiency. Iron is a mineral but impt to replace if a deficiency but excess iron can mediate free-radical oxidative damage and be bad for you. The jury is out on whether big doses of vitamins are good for you but it seems not.
I take them anyway because of the anti-oxidant effect, more than anything.