Need help boosting calcium?
If you are experiencing a gap in meeting your calcium needs, check out these tips on how to fit calcium into your busy day.
- Top your cereal with creamy fruit yogurt.
- Top a salad with low-fat cottage cheese.
- Slather your bagel or some celery sticks with low-fat cream cheese.
- Cook a vegetable stir-fry and toss in diced tofu.
- Add steamed and minced greens like collards and kale to pastas, casseroles, soups and stews.
- Swap collard greens or kale for lettuce in your salads, burritos and sandwiches.
- Use calcium-fortified non-dairy milk (like soy or rice milk) instead of water in recipes such as pancakes, mashed potatoes, pudding and oatmeal.
- Stir a drizzle of blackstrap molasses into your oatmeal.
- Use almond butter instead of peanut butter.
- Add calcium-rich beans (think chickpeas, pinto beans and black beans) to soups, pasta sauces, salads and burritos.
- Not a fan of milk and dairy? Find out how to meet your calcium requirements without dairy.
- Talk to your health-care provider about taking a calcium chew or other supplement if you're concerned about your calcium intake.
This article was reviewed by Tanya Jolliffe, a BabyFit healthy eating expert.
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