Try mashing your potatoes with milk and using milk in other cooking. Otherwise, I would advise you to consider a calcium supplement . You will need 1,500 milligrams of calcium per day for women not taking estrogen and 800 milligrams per day for women on estrogen. I'm concerned about getting enough calcium and am only 34 years old. The other day, I was watching a popular television program and they were discussing osteoporosis in women after menopause.
Osteoporosis is characterized by a loss of calcium from bone, especially the spine.
A simple test for osteoporosis in adults is to measure your arm span and compare that measurement to your height. Stretch your arms straight out from your shoulder and have someone else measure your arm span in inches from your right middle finger tip to your left middle finger tip, going across your back. This measurement should equal your height in stocking feet. Any difference between these two measurements may reflect the amount of height loss due to osteoporosis. Another test for osteoporosis can be done by a x-ray.