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Melanoma

Osteoporosis--Low Calcium Intake?

 

Osteoporois and Calcium intake

 

The Dairy Industry and milk processors invest hundreds of millions of

dollars each year to guarantee that Americans will continue to drink

milk and eat dairy products, investing their money to continually let

Americans know that milk tastes good and the intake of milk and dairy

products must be continued to insure good health.

Milk mustaches are stylish. Drink milk and you're beautiful! Gorgeous

models, actors, actresses, sports heroes, even President Clinton and Bob

 

Dole have posed for milk advertisements.

All have asserted by the milky white goo artificially applied to their

upper lip that drinking milk is healthful and wholesome. Who would argue

 

with such an overwhelming endorsement?

Billboards spanning America ask the question, " Got milk? " Cal Ripken of

the Baltimore Orioles broke Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive major

league baseball games played. Ripken, holding a baseball bat, smiles

from inside the front cover of a " GOT MILK " brochure proclaiming, " With

all the skim milk I drink, my name might as well be Calcium Ripken, Jr. "

 

 

 

Common knowledge of osteoporosis is based upon false assumptions.

American women have been drinking an average of two pounds of milk or

eating the equivalent milk in dairy products per day for their entire

lives.

Doctors recommend calcium intake for increasing and maintaining bone

strength and bone density which they call bone mass. According to this

regimen recommended by doctors and milk industry executives, women's

bone mass would approach that of pre-historic dinosaurs.

 

This line of reasoning should be equally extinct. Twenty-five million

American women have osteoporosis. Drinking milk does not prevent

osteoporosis. Milk contains calcium. Bones contain calcium too. When we

are advised to add calcium to our diets we tend to drink milk or eat

dairy foods.

 

 

In order to absorb calcium, the body needs comparable amounts of

another mineral element, magnesium. Milk and dairy products contain only

 

small amounts of magnesium. Without the presence of magnesium, the body

only absorbs 25 percent of the available dairy calcium content.

The remainder of the calcium spells trouble. Without magnesium, excess

calcium is utilized by the body in injurious ways.

 

The body uses calcium to build the mortar on arterial walls which

becomes atherosclerotic plaques.

 

Excess calcium is converted by the kidneys into painful stones which

grow in size like pearls in oysters, blocking our urinary tracts. Excess

 

calcium contributes to arthritis; painful calcium buildup often is

manifested as gout.

The USDA has formulated a chart of recommended daily intakes of vitamins

 

and minerals. The term that FDA uses is Recommended Daily Allowance

(RDA). The RDA for calcium is 1500 mg. The RDA for magnesium is 750 mg.

 

Society stresses the importance of calcium, but rarely magnesium.

Yet, magnesium is vital to enzymatic activity. In addition to insuring

proper absorption of calcium, magnesium is critical to proper neural and

 

muscular function and to maintaining proper pH balance in the body.

Magnesium, along with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), helps to dissolve calcium

 

phosphate stones which often accumulate from excesses of dairy intake.

Good sources of magnesium include beans, green leafy vegetables like

kale and collards, whole grains and orange juice. Non-dairy sources of

calcium include green leafy vegetables, almonds, asparagus, broccoli,

cabbage, oats, beans, parsley, sesame seeds and tofu.

 

 

 

Osteoporosis is NOT a problem that should be associated with lack of

calcium intake.

 

Osteoporosis results from calcium loss.

 

The massive amounts of protein in milk result in a 50 percent loss of

calcium in the urine. In other words, by doubling your protein intake

there will be a loss of 1-1.5 percent in skeletal mass per year in

postmenopausal women.

 

The calcium contained in leafy green vegetables is more easily

absorbed than the calcium in milk, and plant proteins do not result in

calcium loss the same way as do animal proteins. If a postmenopausal

woman loses 1-1.5 percent bone mass per year, what will be the effect

after 20 years?

When osteoporosis occurs levels of calcium (being excreted from the

bones)in the blood are high.

 

Milk only adds to these high levels of calcium which is excreted or

used by the body to add to damaging atherosclerosis, gout, kidney

stones, etc.

 

Bone mass does not increase after age 35. This is a biological

fact that is not in dispute by scientists. However, this fact is ignored

 

by marketing geniuses in the milk industry who make certain that women

this age and older are targeted consumers for milk and dairy products.

At least one in four women will suffer from osteoporosis with fractures

of the ribs, hip or forearm. In 1994, University of Texas researchers

published results of an experiment indicating that supplemental calcium

is ineffective in preventing bone loss.

Within 5 years of the initial onset of menopause, there is an

accelerated rate of loss of bone, particularly from the spine. During

this period of time,the correct estrogen/progesterone ratio is most

effective in preventing rapid bone density loss.

 

For much more on the subject of calcium visit

http://www.notmilk.com/dairy

 

 

 

Human breast milk is Mother Nature's PERFECT FORMULA for baby

humans.

Even dairy industry scientists would not be foolish enough to debate

this UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED FACT.

In her wisdom, Mother Nature included 33 milligrams of calcium in every

 

100 grams, or 3 1/2-ounce portion of human breast milk.

 

Adults do not drink human breast milk. At the end of this column

is a list of calcium values in the foods we eat.

.. You might be surprised to learn how many foods naturally contain an

abundance of calcium.

 

One must wonder why Asians traditionally did not get bone-crippling

osteoporosis...that is, until they adopted the " American Diet, " a diet

of milk and dairy products.

 

Calcium Content of foods (per 100 gram portion)

 

Human Breast Milk -33 mgs

 

Almonds- 234 mgs

Amaranth- 267 mgs

Apricots(dried)-67 mgs

Artichokes -51 mgs

Beans(can: pinto, black)- 135 mgs

Beet greens (cooked)- 99 mgs

Buckwheat - 114 mgs

Swiss Chard (raw)-88 mgs

Chickpeas (Garbanzos)-150 mgs

Collards (raw leaves)-250 mgs

Cress (raw)-81 mgs

Dandelion greens- 187 mgs

Figs (dried)- 126 mgs

Filberts (Hazelnuts)-209 mgs

Kale (raw leaves)-249 mgs

Kale (cooked leaves)-187 mgs

Lettuce (dark green)-68 mgs

Molasses (dark)- 684 mgs

Mustard Greens (raw)-183 mgs

Okra - 92 mgs

Olives - 61 mgs

Parsley - 203 mgs

Pistachio nuts - 131 mgs

Raisins - 40 mgs

Rhubard (cooked) -62 mgs

Sesame Seeds-1160 mgs

Tofu (organic)-128 mgs

Spinach (raw)-93 mgs

sunflower seeds - 120 mgs

Turnip Greens (raw)-246 mgs

Water Cress-151 mgs

 

 

 

JoAnn Guest

joguest

Friendsforhealthnaturally

http://canceranswer.homestead.com/AIM.html

theaimcompanies

" Health is not a Medical Issue "

 

 

 

 

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In order to absorb calcium, we need to ingest Vitamin D with it which is why the

dairy industry adds it to milk. The problem is with skim milk. Because Vit D is

fat solluble, there

may not be enough in the milk so we should take a supplement. Another great way

to absorb calcium, be it from milk or another source, is to indulge in

weight-bearing excercise ( which

gives us other great benefits - couch potatoes take heed). Problem solved.

Morton

 

JoAnn Guest wrote:

 

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> JoAnn Guest <joguest

> Fri, 12 Apr 2002 20:03:51 +0000

> Melanoma

> Osteoporosis--Low Calcium Intake?

>

> Osteoporois and Calcium intake

>

> The Dairy Industry and milk processors invest hundreds of millions of

> dollars each year to guarantee that Americans will continue to drink

> milk and eat dairy products, investing their money to continually let

> Americans know that milk tastes good and the intake of milk and dairy

> products must be continued to insure good health.

> Milk mustaches are stylish. Drink milk and you're beautiful! Gorgeous

> models, actors, actresses, sports heroes, even President Clinton and Bob

>

> Dole have posed for milk advertisements.

> All have asserted by the milky white goo artificially applied to their

> upper lip that drinking milk is healthful and wholesome. Who would argue

>

> with such an overwhelming endorsement?

> Billboards spanning America ask the question, " Got milk? " Cal Ripken of

> the Baltimore Orioles broke Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive major

> league baseball games played. Ripken, holding a baseball bat, smiles

> from inside the front cover of a " GOT MILK " brochure proclaiming, " With

> all the skim milk I drink, my name might as well be Calcium Ripken, Jr. "

>

> Common knowledge of osteoporosis is based upon false assumptions.

> American women have been drinking an average of two pounds of milk or

> eating the equivalent milk in dairy products per day for their entire

> lives.

> Doctors recommend calcium intake for increasing and maintaining bone

> strength and bone density which they call bone mass. According to this

> regimen recommended by doctors and milk industry executives, women's

> bone mass would approach that of pre-historic dinosaurs.

>

> This line of reasoning should be equally extinct. Twenty-five million

> American women have osteoporosis. Drinking milk does not prevent

> osteoporosis. Milk contains calcium. Bones contain calcium too. When we

> are advised to add calcium to our diets we tend to drink milk or eat

> dairy foods.

>

>

> In order to absorb calcium, the body needs comparable amounts of

> another mineral element, magnesium. Milk and dairy products contain only

>

> small amounts of magnesium. Without the presence of magnesium, the body

> only absorbs 25 percent of the available dairy calcium content.

> The remainder of the calcium spells trouble. Without magnesium, excess

> calcium is utilized by the body in injurious ways.

>

> The body uses calcium to build the mortar on arterial walls which

> becomes atherosclerotic plaques.

>

> Excess calcium is converted by the kidneys into painful stones which

> grow in size like pearls in oysters, blocking our urinary tracts. Excess

>

> calcium contributes to arthritis; painful calcium buildup often is

> manifested as gout.

> The USDA has formulated a chart of recommended daily intakes of vitamins

>

> and minerals. The term that FDA uses is Recommended Daily Allowance

> (RDA). The RDA for calcium is 1500 mg. The RDA for magnesium is 750 mg.

>

> Society stresses the importance of calcium, but rarely magnesium.

> Yet, magnesium is vital to enzymatic activity. In addition to insuring

> proper absorption of calcium, magnesium is critical to proper neural and

>

> muscular function and to maintaining proper pH balance in the body.

> Magnesium, along with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), helps to dissolve calcium

>

> phosphate stones which often accumulate from excesses of dairy intake.

> Good sources of magnesium include beans, green leafy vegetables like

> kale and collards, whole grains and orange juice. Non-dairy sources of

> calcium include green leafy vegetables, almonds, asparagus, broccoli,

> cabbage, oats, beans, parsley, sesame seeds and tofu.

>

>

>

> Osteoporosis is NOT a problem that should be associated with lack of

> calcium intake.

>

> Osteoporosis results from calcium loss.

>

> The massive amounts of protein in milk result in a 50 percent loss of

> calcium in the urine. In other words, by doubling your protein intake

> there will be a loss of 1-1.5 percent in skeletal mass per year in

> postmenopausal women.

>

> The calcium contained in leafy green vegetables is more easily

> absorbed than the calcium in milk, and plant proteins do not result in

> calcium loss the same way as do animal proteins. If a postmenopausal

> woman loses 1-1.5 percent bone mass per year, what will be the effect

> after 20 years?

> When osteoporosis occurs levels of calcium (being excreted from the

> bones)in the blood are high.

>

> Milk only adds to these high levels of calcium which is excreted or

> used by the body to add to damaging atherosclerosis, gout, kidney

> stones, etc.

>

> Bone mass does not increase after age 35. This is a biological

> fact that is not in dispute by scientists. However, this fact is ignored

>

> by marketing geniuses in the milk industry who make certain that women

> this age and older are targeted consumers for milk and dairy products.

> At least one in four women will suffer from osteoporosis with fractures

> of the ribs, hip or forearm. In 1994, University of Texas researchers

> published results of an experiment indicating that supplemental calcium

> is ineffective in preventing bone loss.

> Within 5 years of the initial onset of menopause, there is an

> accelerated rate of loss of bone, particularly from the spine. During

> this period of time,the correct estrogen/progesterone ratio is most

> effective in preventing rapid bone density loss.

>

> For much more on the subject of calcium visit

> http://www.notmilk.com/dairy

>

> Human breast milk is Mother Nature's PERFECT FORMULA for baby

> humans.

> Even dairy industry scientists would not be foolish enough to debate

> this UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED FACT.

> In her wisdom, Mother Nature included 33 milligrams of calcium in every

>

> 100 grams, or 3 1/2-ounce portion of human breast milk.

>

> Adults do not drink human breast milk. At the end of this column

> is a list of calcium values in the foods we eat.

> . You might be surprised to learn how many foods naturally contain an

> abundance of calcium.

>

> One must wonder why Asians traditionally did not get bone-crippling

> osteoporosis...that is, until they adopted the " American Diet, " a diet

> of milk and dairy products.

>

> Calcium Content of foods (per 100 gram portion)

>

> Human Breast Milk -33 mgs

>

> Almonds- 234 mgs

> Amaranth- 267 mgs

> Apricots(dried)-67 mgs

> Artichokes -51 mgs

> Beans(can: pinto, black)- 135 mgs

> Beet greens (cooked)- 99 mgs

> Buckwheat - 114 mgs

> Swiss Chard (raw)-88 mgs

> Chickpeas (Garbanzos)-150 mgs

> Collards (raw leaves)-250 mgs

> Cress (raw)-81 mgs

> Dandelion greens- 187 mgs

> Figs (dried)- 126 mgs

> Filberts (Hazelnuts)-209 mgs

> Kale (raw leaves)-249 mgs

> Kale (cooked leaves)-187 mgs

> Lettuce (dark green)-68 mgs

> Molasses (dark)- 684 mgs

> Mustard Greens (raw)-183 mgs

> Okra - 92 mgs

> Olives - 61 mgs

> Parsley - 203 mgs

> Pistachio nuts - 131 mgs

> Raisins - 40 mgs

> Rhubard (cooked) -62 mgs

> Sesame Seeds-1160 mgs

> Tofu (organic)-128 mgs

> Spinach (raw)-93 mgs

> sunflower seeds - 120 mgs

> Turnip Greens (raw)-246 mgs

> Water Cress-151 mgs

>

> JoAnn Guest

> joguest

> Friendsforhealthnaturally

> http://canceranswer.homestead.com/AIM.html

> theaimcompanies

> " Health is not a Medical Issue "

>

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--- Morton,

With all due respect the problem is NOT calcium absorption but

calcium loss! Excess calcium from dairy products only tend to be

problematic. This is largely due to the high phosphorus content in

traditional dairy products and meats which causes excessive amounts

of calcium to be excreted out into the urine. Not a new concept but

never acknowledged by allopathic medicine.

 

 

> > Osteoporosis is NOT a problem that should be associated with

lack of

> > calcium intake.

> >

> > Osteoporosis results from calcium loss.

> >

> > The massive amounts of protein in milk result in a 50 percent

loss of

> > calcium in the urine.

>

> > The calcium contained in leafy green vegetables is more easily

> > absorbed than the calcium in milk, and plant proteins do not

result in

> > calcium loss the same way as do animal proteins.

 

.. In 1994, University of Texas researchers

> > published results of an experiment indicating that supplemental

calcium

> > is ineffective in preventing bone loss.

 

 

 

Also Magnesium is a key factor...Without the presence of magnesium,

the body

> > only absorbs 25 percent of the available dairy calcium content.

> > The remainder of the calcium spells trouble.

Without magnesium, excess

> > calcium is utilized by the body in injurious ways.

 

Milk and dairy products contain only

> > small amounts of magnesium.

 

 

> > One must wonder why Asians traditionally did not get bone-

crippling

> > osteoporosis...that is, until they adopted the " American Diet, " a

diet

> > of milk and dairy products.

 

In Gettingwell, Morton Bodanis <mortonmb@c...> wrote:

> In order to absorb calcium, we need to ingest Vitamin D with it

which is why the dairy industry adds it to milk. The problem is with

skim milk. Because Vit D is fat solluble, there

> may not be enough in the milk so we should take a supplement.

Another great way to absorb calcium, be it from milk or another

source, is to indulge in weight-bearing excercise ( which

> gives us other great benefits - couch potatoes take heed). Problem

solved.

> Morton

 

 

 

 

> > Doctors recommend calcium intake for increasing and maintaining

bone

> > strength and bone density which they call bone mass.

> > This line of reasoning should be equally extinct. Twenty-five

million

> > American women have osteoporosis. Drinking milk does not prevent

> > osteoporosis.

 

 

> > The body uses calcium to build the mortar on arterial walls which

> > becomes atherosclerotic plaques.

> >

> > Excess calcium is converted by the kidneys into painful stones

which

> > grow in size like pearls in oysters, blocking our urinary tracts.

Excess

> >

> > calcium contributes to arthritis; painful calcium buildup often is

> > manifested as gout.

 

RDA for calcium is 1500 mg. The RDA for magnesium is 750 mg.

> >

> > Society stresses the importance of calcium, but rarely

magnesium.

> > Yet, magnesium is vital to enzymatic activity. In addition to

insuring

> > proper absorption of calcium, magnesium is critical to proper

neural and

> >

> > muscular function and to maintaining proper pH balance in the

body.

> > Magnesium, along with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), helps to dissolve

calcium

> >

> > phosphate stones which often accumulate from excesses of dairy

intake.

 

> > The calcium contained in leafy green vegetables is more easily

> > absorbed than the calcium in milk, and plant proteins do not

result in

> > calcium loss the same way as do animal proteins. If a

postmenopausal

> > woman loses 1-1.5 percent bone mass per year, what will be the

effect

> > after 20 years?

> > When osteoporosis occurs levels of calcium (being excreted from

the

> > bones)in the blood are high.

> >

> > Milk only adds to these high levels of calcium which is excreted

or

> > used by the body to add to damaging atherosclerosis, gout, kidney

> > stones, etc.

> >

> > Bone mass does not increase after age 35. This is a

biological

> > fact that is not in dispute by scientists. However, this fact is

ignored

 

> > Within 5 years of the initial onset of menopause, there is an

> > accelerated rate of loss of bone, particularly from the spine.

During

> > this period of time,the correct estrogen/progesterone ratio is

most

> > effective in preventing rapid bone density loss.

 

> > Calcium Content of foods (per 100 gram portion)

> >

> > Human Breast Milk -33 mgs

> >

> > Almonds- 234 mgs

> > Amaranth- 267 mgs

> > Apricots(dried)-67 mgs

> > Artichokes -51 mgs

> > Beans(can: pinto, black)- 135 mgs

> > Beet greens (cooked)- 99 mgs

> > Buckwheat - 114 mgs

> > Swiss Chard (raw)-88 mgs

> > Chickpeas (Garbanzos)-150 mgs

> > Collards (raw leaves)-250 mgs

> > Cress (raw)-81 mgs

> > Dandelion greens- 187 mgs

> > Figs (dried)- 126 mgs

> > Filberts (Hazelnuts)-209 mgs

> > Kale (raw leaves)-249 mgs

> > Kale (cooked leaves)-187 mgs

> > Lettuce (dark green)-68 mgs

> > Molasses (dark)- 684 mgs

> > Mustard Greens (raw)-183 mgs

> > Okra - 92 mgs

> > Olives - 61 mgs

> > Parsley - 203 mgs

> > Pistachio nuts - 131 mgs

> > Raisins - 40 mgs

> > Rhubard (cooked) -62 mgs

> > Sesame Seeds-1160 mgs

> > Tofu (organic)-128 mgs

> > Spinach (raw)-93 mgs

> > sunflower seeds - 120 mgs

> > Turnip Greens (raw)-246 mgs

> > Water Cress-151 mgs

> >

> > JoAnn Guest

> > joguest@m...

> > Friendsforhealthnaturally

> > http://canceranswer.homestead.com/AIM.html

> > theaimcompanies

> > " Health is not a Medical Issue "

> >

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