Fwd: Calcium and Bone Disease

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CancerAnswer, " mrsjoguest " <joguest@m...> wrote:

 

Very Enlightening Excerpt of an Article from the NotMilk site...

 

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By Robert Cohen

Executive Director

 

CALCIUM AND BONE DISEASE

 

Important UPDATE 1/2001:

 

A study published in the January, 2001 edition of the American

Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined the diets of 1,035 women,

particularly focusing on the protein intake from animal and vegetable

products. Deborah Sellmeyer, M.D., found:

 

ANIMAL PROTEIN INCREASES BONE LOSS

 

In her study, women with a high animal-to-vegetable protein

ratio experienced an increased rate of femoral neck bone loss. A high

animal-to-vegetable protein ratio was also associated with an

increased risk of hip fracture.

 

WHY DOES ANIMAL PROTEIN CAUSE BONE LOSS?

 

I spoke with Dr. Sellmeyer, and here is her explaination:

 

" Sulphur-containing amino acids in protein-containing foods are

metabolized to sulfuric acid. Animal foods provide predominantly acid

precursors. Acidosis stimulates osteoclastic activity and inhibits

osteoblast activity. "

 

MEAT EATERS HAVE MORE HIP FRACTURES

 

Sellmeyer's remarkable publication reveals:

 

" Women with high animal-to-vegetable protein rations were

heavier and had higher intake of total protein. These women had a

significantly increased rate of bone loss than those who ate just

vegetable protein. Women consuming higher rates of animal protein had

higher rates of bone loss and hip fracture by a factor of four

times. "

 

Milk has been called " liquid meat. " The average American eats

five ounces of animal protein each day in the form of red meat and

chicken. At the same time, the average American consumes nearly six

times that amount (29.2 ounces) per day of milk and dairy products.

 

How ironic it is that the dairy industry continues to promote

the cause of bone disease as the cure.

 

Deborah Sellmeyer's brilliant work is supported by a grant from

the National Institutes of Health.

 

Dr. Sellmeyer may be reached by EMAIL: dsellmeyer@p...

 

Original column:

 

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. Each food is

compared to human breast milk as the standard. 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.

 

The dairy industry owns the psychological exclusive rights to

calcium in foods found in super markets. Few food manufacturers would

dare to compete with the dairy message which infers that no other

foods contain the calcium contained in milk, and without milk and

dairy products you're certain to one day end up with bone-crippling

osteoporosis.

 

 

http://www.notmilk.com/deb/092098.html

 

JoAnn Guest

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Friendsforhealthnaturally

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

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