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Old 12-12-2012, 05:00 PM
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There really isn't enough calcium in a food source to give you tetany.

What happens is that the ratio of calcium to magnesium may be skewed. Low magnesium is awful in its own way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetany

When you take vit D...you become more efficient in absorbing calcium from food. High dose Vit D in the area of 5000 IU or more a day, has some suggestions now, to lower any supplemental calcium to 600mg a day or lower.

Tetany can also come from endocrine problems. Parathyroid tumors can cause it.

True allergy to cow dairy comes from the casein protein in milk.
(not lactose-- lactose intolerance is diarrhea and gas from undigested lactose feeding the organisms in the bowel).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_allergy
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