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Seeing the post that Phyllis sent reminded me that I wanted to reply to
Ann's post.  I read have read that chocolate has oxalic acid and that it
binds with calcium, lessening absorption. When my children were drinking
cow's milk I didn't give them chocolate milk because of this information.

Other foods have high levels of oxalic acid--rhubarb, spinach--and
therefore are not considered good sources of calcium even though they have
calcium in them.  If one has an adequate intake of calcium in other foods,
the oxalic acid in one food in the diet wouldn't be a problem, for example
spinach, which is a good source of iron, but isn't eaten at every meal.

However, if a person's primary source of calcium is some form of milk and
that milk always has chocolate in it, there could be a risk of low calcium
absorption.

Pat Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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