Sources of calcium:-
- In cereals – bran of wheat, millet, ragi grain.
- In roots and tubers – coconut jaggery, sweet potato and yam.
- In milk and milk products – soybean milk, white sesame milk.
- In pulses – moong dal, rajma, lentil, soybean, gram, moth.
- In green vegetables – curry leaves, cabbage leaves, spinach, green cabbage, arbi leaves, drumstick leaves, fenugreek, parsley, radish leaves, mint, green coriander.
- In other vegetables – lotus cucumber, beans, cluster beans, carrot, ladyfinger, tomato, cabbage, turnip, beetroot.
- Fruits- Raisins, dates, figs, banana, papaya, orange, falsa, dry coconut, almond, pistachio, walnut.
- Seeds- Watermelon seeds, sesame, sunflower seeds.
- Nuts- Peanuts.
- Grass- Durva, wheat sprouts.
Note:- Excessive food is harmful in every way. All types of food items should be eaten in such quantity that neither there is a feeling of burden in the stomach at that time, nor there is a complaint of heaviness later.