Sentences with phrase «calcium than any other vegetable»

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It's also more readily consumed by most kids than other foods providing some of those nutrients, such as calcium - rich sardines, canned salmon with bones or dark green, leafy vegetables.

Readers may be surprised to learn, as I was, that the AAP really has no formal policy focused on the feeding of flavored milk to children, other than brief mentions in its policy addressing sugar - sweetened beverages in schools, where flavored milk — along with plain milk, fruit and vegetable juices and water — is cited as a «healthful alternative» to sodas, and in the academy's statement on increasing children's bone density and calcium intake.

They are grass eaters and should be given a diet of leafy greens supplemented by some fruit and vegetables, all heavily powdered in a vitamin / calcium mixture, as bone growth is more important to tortoises than most other reptiles.