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Eat Your Way to Healthy Bones

Easy recipes for calcium-rich meals

by: Roberta Freeman Manly, from: AARP, Updated March 15, 2012

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Dairy products, dark green vegetables, fish and nuts are good sources of calcium. — J.Hall/photocuisine/Corbis

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