The Garden of Vegan

Truth: Vegans easily get enough plant-based calcium in their diets
This myth you can pretty much thank the dairy industry for. Thanks to years of dairy-sponsored “health information”, and the blatant lies behind the “Got Milk” ad campaign, people seem to be more convinced than ever that sufficient calcium only comes from cow’s milk. Like protein, it’s almost impossible to become calcium deficient if you’re eating a varied diet with sufficient caloric intake. Take a look at the dietary comparison of calcium in foods at the SoyStache site and you’ll see how easy it is to get sufficient calcium in your diet almost without trying! Like animal-based foods rich in protein, dairy-based foods are loaded with cholesterol and are known to cause anemia, food allergies, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and ironically enough, lactose intolerance and osteoporosis. Interestingly, studies have shown that due to high protein content, dairy consumption actually helps cause calcium loss!
For healthy bones and a healthy calcium intake you can switch to a plant-based diet, quit smoking, make sure to exercise, avoid excess salt, and get your vitamin D from the sun. (If you’re feeling extra motivated, learn about phosphorus ratios in food and how they effect your blood’s pH balance and calcium usage.)

My mother told me I wasn’t going to get enough calcium and it made me wish so badly that she knew this stuff. Dairy is horrible for you, but it’s been popular opinion for so long that “milk does a body good” that it sounds like I’m spouting off bullshit when I say milk actually CAUSES osteoporosis and a myriad of other diseases. Ask any doctor that’s had more than two hours of nutritional training and he’ll tell you to avoid dairy at all costs. Unfortunately, there’s money to be made in the milk industry, so no one knows that no living creature needs milk past infancy.