Q: What are your thoughts on the body's ability to use the
calcium in milk? Is milk the best source of calcium? What other
foods come close in providing calcium in our daily food?  A: The
benefits of cow's milk to the human body are questionable, as
many of us cannot digest it for one reason or another. Though
dairy products are considerably higher in calcium than most
other foods, if your body can't tolerate dairy, then its calcium
is not absorbed well.  Other calcium-rich foods include sesame
seeds and tahini, steamed dark leafy greens (such as kale and
spinach), nuts (such as almonds), sea vegetables (seaweed such
as kelp and nori), and fortified soy, almond and rice milks.
Calcium is being added to many packaged foods nowadays to meet
our needs (look for the word "fortified" on a food label).
Yogurt is the easiest dairy product to digest (look for natural
flavored organic yogurt). Because skim milk products lack the
fat and protein necessary to absorb calcium well, stick to a 1
percent or 2 percent produ