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 Mailto:[log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html