chocolate and calcium absorbtion

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  • raegansmom
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:17 PM

• My DD does not like chocolate & she drinks milk like it's her job.  I, personally am not a fan of giving small children chocolate milk but I'm not going to give anyone stink eye over it.
  

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  • purplemoosemom
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:19 PM

• LOL, no, no "stink eye" necessary :)

  My kids do like chocolate and chocolate milk.  It's a rare treat in our house, but my kids are all older.  I think we buy a gallon of chocolate milk every 6 months or so?  And between 3 kids (my oldest 3) and dh and I, it's gone w/in a day or two! LOL
  

  Quoting raegansmom:
  
  

  My DD does not like chocolate & she drinks milk like it's her job.  I, personally am not a fan of giving small children chocolate milk but I'm not going to give anyone stink eye over it.
  

  
  

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  • chjack123
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:24 PM

• Just read the article. By the time the chocolate is made into the powder or syrup is does it really contain enough oxalate to affect the absorption of calcium? I think that it would still be more beneficial to stir in a little chocolate powder if your child isn't into drinking milk. My concern is more about the sugar. Also I have to admit we are addicted to Ovaltine in my house,
  

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  • chjack123
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:26 PM

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  Quoting raegansmom:
  
  

  My DD does not like chocolate & she drinks milk like it's her job.  I, personally am not a fan of giving small children chocolate milk but I'm not going to give anyone stink eye over it.
  

  Love that! I think my son has the same job description.
  

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  • inspain
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:28 PM

• It's not the chocolate in chocolate milk that makes me question why people give it to small children, it's the sugar.  But I read a similar article a while back about chocolate inhibiting calcium absorption...made my "I'm eating this chocolate bar for the calcium." excuse ring a bit more hollow.

  
  

  
  

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  • purplemoosemom
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:33 PM

• Yeah, I have no idea.  It was something I stumbled across by accident one day.  For some reason, I thought the sugar that was added by the chocolate flavoring wasn't all that much more than what was in white milk--but I don't remember where I heard that!
  

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  Just read the article. By the time the chocolate is made into the powder or syrup is does it really contain enough oxalate to affect the absorption of calcium? I think that it would still be more beneficial to stir in a little chocolate powder if your child isn't into drinking milk. My concern is more about the sugar. Also I have to admit we are addicted to Ovaltine in my house,
  

  
  

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  • Logan_Bellasmom
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:36 PM

• It can also cause kidney stones for the same reason...and those suck sense i just had one removed surgically
  

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  • raegansmom
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:37 PM

• There is about 1 1/2 times the amount of sugar in chocolate milk than there is in white milk.  I am talking the prepared stuff, obviously the amount will change if you are adding your own syrup or powder.
  

  Quoting purplemoosemom:
  
  

  Yeah, I have no idea.  It was something I stumbled across by accident one day.  For some reason, I thought the sugar that was added by the chocolate flavoring wasn't all that much more than what was in white milk--but I don't remember where I heard that!
  

  Quoting chjack123:
  
  

  Just read the article. By the time the chocolate is made into the powder or syrup is does it really contain enough oxalate to affect the absorption of calcium? I think that it would still be more beneficial to stir in a little chocolate powder if your child isn't into drinking milk. My concern is more about the sugar. Also I have to admit we are addicted to Ovaltine in my house,
  

  
  

  
  

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  • Sagely
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:52 PM

•    It's darn near Christmas season...YOU WILL NOT TAKE AWAY MY HOT CHOCOLATE!!

   

    
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

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