High Calcium Foods
 
 


How much calcium do I need?

Most women do not get enough calcium through diet alone. That is why calcium supplements are recommended. You should take 1200-1500 mg of calcium per day in a divided dose. Your body can only absorb about 600 mg of calcium at a time, so it is best to take your supplement twice a day. For example: 600 mg with breakfast and 600 mg with dinner. It is best to take your calcium supplement with a meal to increase the absorption of the calcium.

Where can I get calcium?

If you would like to increase the amount of calcium you get through your daily food choices, please use the following chart.

FOOD

Dairy Products
Milk (Whole)
Milk (1%)
Milk (Skim)
Vanilla Shake
Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Buttermilk
Fortified Soy or Rice Milk
Ice Cream

Cheese
American
Cheddar
Monterey Jack
Mozzarella
Feta
Goat Cheese (hard)
Meunster
Parmesan
Part-Skim Mozzarella
Low-Fat Cottage Cheese
Ricotta, Part-Skim
Ricotta, Whole
Swiss

Yogurt
Frozen Yogurt
Low-fat
Low-fat with fruit
Non-fat
Pudding
Tapioca Pudding

Fruits
Rhubarb
Dried Figs
Orange

Protein Foods
Beans (legumes), cooked
Soybeans, cooked
Clams
Crab
Oysters (raw)
Canned salmon with bones
Salmon (baked/broiled)
Canned sardines with bones
Mackerel (canned)
Perch (cooked)
Lasagna
Vegetable Lasagna
Pizza (Cheese)
Taco
Enchilada with cheese
Burrito (chicken or beef)
Tofu w/ calcium sulfate or lactate
Macaroni & Cheese
Almonds

Vegetables
Broccoli
Collard greens
Turnips
Kale, cooked
Spinach
Okra, cooked
Dandelion
Mustard greens
Baked beans
Chef’s salad

Cereals
Total
Total Corn
Oatmeal
Life

SERVING SIZE


1 cup
1 cup
1 cup
10 fluid ounces
1 cup
1 cup
1 cup
1 cup


1 ounce (1 slice)
1 ounce
1 ounce
1 ounce
1 ounce
1 ounce
1 ounce
1 tablespoon
1 ounce
1 cup
½ cup
½ cup
1 ounce


½ cup
1 cup
1cup
1 cup
½ cup
5 ounces


½ cup
½ cup
1 medium


1 cup
½ cup
4 ounces
3 ounces
½ dozen
3 ounces
6 ounces
3 ounces
5 ounces
3 ounces
3-4” piece
3-4” piece
1 slice
1
1
1
½ cup
¾ cup
1 cup


1 cup
1 cup
1 cup
1 cup
½ cup
1 cup
1 cup
1 cup
½ cup
1½ cup


1 cup
1 cup
1 cup
1 cup

MILLIGRAMS PER SERVING


291
300
302
332
287
285
300
200


174
191-204
212
207
140
254
303
69
183
155
337
257
272


90-104
415
314
452
150
119


174
144
92


90
130
100
132
200
167-180
300
371
400
117
200
450
290
221
200
200
434
300
332


178
357
200
179
65-100
176
147
103
50
235


282
200
150-170
154

 



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