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First Aid Quick Stop Gauze Pads Johnson & Johnson's sterile gauze pads ($4.50 for six), treated with the clotting agent calcium alginate, are designed to stop bleeding twice as fast as ordinary gauze...
OSTEOPOROSIS HRT does keep bones from becoming brittle and reduces the risk of fractures. But there are other ways to keep bones strong that do not carry the same risks. These include calcium supplements, drugs like the bisphosphonates and weight-bearing exercise. A newer class of estrogen-like drugs called SERMs (raloxifene is an example) is also showing promise in reducing fractures without raising the odds of breast cancers...
Another reason is that vegans skew the stats, because their strict avoidance of meat, eggs and dairy products can lead to deficiencies in iron, calcium and vitamin B12. "These nutrients are the problem," says Johanna Dwyer, a professor of nutrition and medicine at Tufts University. "At least among the vegans who are also philosophically opposed to fortified foods and/or vitamin and mineral supplements...
...adolescence, kids can read the labels but often ignore the ingredients. Research shows that calcium intake is often insufficient in American teens. By contrast, lacto-ovo teens usually have abundant calcium intake. For vegans, however, consuming adequate amounts of calcium without the use of fortified foods or supplements is difficult without careful dietary planning. Among vegan youth who do not take supplements, there is reason for concern with respect to iron, calcium, vitamins D and B12, and perhaps also selenium and iodine...
...Michelle Warren, a professor of medicine at New York Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City--and a member of the Council for Women's Nutrition Solutions, which is sponsored by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association--expresses concern about calcium deficiency connected with a vegan diet: "The most serious consequences are low bone mass and osteoporosis. That is a permanent condition." Warren says that in her practice, she has seen young vegetarians with irregular periods and loss of hair. "And there's a peculiar color, a yellow tinge to the skin," that occurs in people...