Fun Facts

Here's a fun fact: The Milk People are lying to you. And by "lying", I, of course, mean "selling." And I am not posting this fun fact just because I don't like milk. I am posting this fun fact because my parents think they are better than me, and this makes me an emo fifteen year old whiny pants mcgee. But enough about me. More about fun fact.

"Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collards, kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, and others are loaded with highly absorbable calcium and a host of other important nutrients. While these foods have a smaller amount of calcium per serving compared to dairy products, they have more calcium per calorie, and the calcium they contain is absorbed nearly twice as well as the calcium in cow's milk. One cup of cooked kale, for example, has the same amount of absorbable calcium (100 milligrams) as one cup of cow's milk with less than half the calories."

This is according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. I didn't just make this up.

Another fun fact is that eating animal protein enhances bone loss. True! I didn't just make this up either. This is also from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

With these two fun facts combined, I am wondering why milk, of all things, is supposed to promote healthy bone structures. Oh, milk lobbyists!