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\nHow much sugar to can take depends on your pancreas. Look to see how you feel after eating sugary foods. I do not tolerate fruits well for this reason and have to be fairly moderate. Actually that problem use to be much stronger in me when I was a vegetarian. Not so much anymore.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Thanks for the reply.
\nI don\'t really notice any change in how i feel after i have milk/fruit. You suggest drinking less milk but, I only drink 3 glasses per day and I would then need another source of calcium (I suppose...sardines) and possibly protein.
\nWould being more active allow for more sugar? I already am much more active than most...maybe this makes it okay.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n 3 glasses a day? how old are you? 2?
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\nBig boys shouldn\'t drink milk like that in my opinion.
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\nBroccoli has a lot of calcium.
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\nSardines are very good for you if you can stand them.
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\nAnd of course being active is worth a lot, but milk is not such a healthy drink. Do you purchase at least milk without bovine hormones?
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\nYou might want to look into making blender drinks with whey and juice.
\nI use Jarrow brand whey. There you get protien, some carbs, none of the bad fats\r\n

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\r\n \r\n 2? Nah, 16. Thought teens needed more calcium.
\ni usually buy organic skim milk, don\'t know if that has bovine hormones. Anyway
\nit\'s beside the point as i was only wondering about the sugar.
\nAnd yeah i\'ll try the whey, had been tempted to previously but couldn\'t get unflavoured and most contain unfermented soy . Though i did a Google search and saw that the Jarrow brand has unflavoured, i\'ll see if i can get some.
\nFortunately i don\'t mind sardines.\r\n

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\n90 grams of sugar = 22.5 teaspoons.
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\nNatural or not, it\'s making you adrenals work very hard. This can cause a lot of problems for you, when the adrenals become weakened.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Organic milk will not have bovine hormones which is good.
\nMost milk companines are proud to state that they do not use
\nhormones and it will say on the carton, even with regular supermarket
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\nThe companies that use bovine hormones were trying to make it illegal
\nfor the companies that dont use them to post on their bottles that they
\ndon\'t use them Fortunately they haven\'t gotten very far.
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\nAt 16 I would think a young man does not want all those female cow hormones
\ncirculating around. You may want to think about drinking almond milk found in healthfood stores.
\nLots of calcium and none of the problems of cows milk
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\nLots of sugar is not good for you but if you are very active you will be burning most of it.
\nThis is why body builders eat lots of carbs. They need that immediate energy release and carbs
\nkeep sugar available for use a little longer than just plain sugar. If your activity level decreases
\nso should your carb and sugar intake but I wouldn\'t worry to much about just eating some fruit and
\nhaving a few glasses of milk. There are other things about milk that are of concern.
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\nI have seen this alot in champions swimmers. There carb requirements are huge, more so than most athletes, and they enjoy eathing them. Then when they stop swimming they get fat.
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\nThis chart for calcium may be helpful and look at the beans. Lots of calcium there and people ususally eat more than 3 tablespoons. Sardines is a superfood. Eat them a few times a week if you can. Although high in calcium they are one of the best choices for the Omega fats that are so critical to good health, good brain function. https://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/finfish-and-shellfish-products/4115/2
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\nVegetables the first number is serving size the second is mg of calcium
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\nBroccoli, boiled serving, 85g 34
\nWatercress, raw small bunch, 20g 34
\nCurly Kale serving, 95g 143
\nOkra, stir fried 8 medium 40g 88
\nRed kidney beans, canned 3 tablespoons, 105g 75
\nChick peas, boiled 3 tablespoons, 90g 41
\nGreen/French beans serving, 90g 50
\nBaked beans serving, 135g 72
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\nNuts
\nAlmonds 12 whole, 26g 62
\nBrazil Nuts6 whole, 20g 34
\nHazlenuts 20 whole, 20g 28
\nSesame seeds 1 tablespoon, 12g 80
\nWalnuts 12 halves, 40 g 38
\nTahini Paste 1 heaped tsp. 19g 129\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Okay, cool. Thanks for all that guys. All seems pretty good. i\'ll shop around, try some different milks (such as the almond milk). i already eat plenty of those foods you listed without knowing some of their calcium content, so its all good.\r\n

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