Happy Herbivore

A common question I receive is, "if vegans don't drink milk & eat dairy how do they get enough calcium?"

First, let me say milk sucks. Milk and dairy actually cause osteoporosis (dairy leaches calcium from your bones). Milk products also cause acne, weight gain and other sickness. In fact, dairy isn't even the best source for calcium -- 1 cup of quinoa contains more calcium than a quart of milk!

Excellent sources of calcium include leafy greens (spinach, turnip greens, mustard greens and collard greens), sesane seeds, backstrap molasses, oranges and chard. Even spices like basil, cinnamon, thyme, dill and peppermint have an abudance of calcium. Lettuce, celery, broccoli, fennel, cabbage, squash, asaparagus, mushrooms, kelp and other green herbs also contain calcium.