From: Linda Burton <lburton@cce.cornell.edu>

Subject: Re: Nutrition fraud: A quick buck?

> From: Kevin Kelly <kkelly@rrnet.com>

>

> Richard and Linda (from Seattle, WA),

> I need to respond to some of your comments. You stated:

>

> kevin;

> i can agree with about half of what you said in this posting. i too

> get distressed by people self medicating especially with hormones like ....

>

This is Linda B.- Let me add my 2 cents worth- Blood levels of calcium

are part of the body's homoeostasis mechanism and are kept within a range.

If there is not enough dietary calcium the body goes to its storehouse-

the bones to maintain the blood level to keep your heart beating and

muscles contracting. Therefore calcium blood levels are not a good

measure of calcium nutriture.