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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Get a load of Captain Breaky Bones over here!

[–] Harbinger01173430 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do Americans get weak bones if they don't get milk?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't know, I'm not American.

[–] Harbinger01173430 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Neither am I and I didn't get brittle bones after I stopped drinking milk. I just ate normal balanced meals. Getting weak bones after ditching milk might be an american skill issue

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

Gettin awful defensive there. Must be calcium deficiency.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

While spinach does contain a lot of calcium. It also contains several enzymes that make the uptake of that calcium from spinach difficult.