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I am going to be pretty unpopular for saying this, but the kind of calcium that you get from dairy is hard for your body to digest and use.

I think you get a more processable calcium from green leafy vegetables combined with a citrus.

Now I know I do not sound at all like a doctor, but I am paraphrasing what has been said to me over the years by doctors when relatives of mine have expressed concern over my diet, I can't say I listened closely to the reasoning behind why milk isn't that helpful, but I did follow the advice and I'm pretty healthy.

The experts disagree with you. Milk has very high levels of calcium and it's in a form that is very easy for the human body to absorb. At least if you are of European descent and therefore have the milk digesting gene.* Full fat milk is better than skimmed.

To further help this along I ate more steak for the high levels of D3 and protein which both help calcium absorption. Salmon and eggs are also good. Spinach, chard and some other green leaves (specifically those high in oxalic acid) have a lot of calcium but the acid binds with it and makes it hard for the body to absorb.

If you have paler skin by the way you will absorb more D3 from sunlight and are less likely to have a deficiency.

*Weaver, CM (2006). "29 Calcium". In Barbara A. Bowman, Robert M. Russell. Present Knowledge in Nutrition. I (9th ed.). ILSI Press. p. 377. ISBN 1-57881-198-8.