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June 27, 2018

Dear Lucy: I want to be sure I am getting enough calcium. I have heard that TUMS is a possible source, but I have also heard that the body does not absorb this calcium well. Can you help with this? —Bone Of Contention

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May 22, 2018

Scrambled eggs?

Dear Lucy: If a woman is on oral contraceptive pills for a year, does this mean that no eggs are released for that year? Could this hurt her chances of conceiving later, in her late 20s, 30s, or 40s? —All In One Basket

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May 4, 2018

Why won’t the weight come off?

Dear Lucy: Your answer to the question about basal metabolic rate just raises another question in my mind: Let’s say, just hypothetically, that a woman has been consuming fewer calories than her “total daily energy expenditure,” or TDEE, and still is not losing weight. What should she do? Talk about frustrating! —T-weedle-DEE

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