Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Calcium, Milk and Osteoporosis JoAnn Guest Jul 24, 2002 19:34 PDT Dietary Calcium and Osteoporosis 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 1000 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 organic 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, phosphoric acid and arachidonic acids* present 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*)into 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. JoAnn Guest jogu- Friendsforhea- http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/AIM.html http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Womantowoman.html theaimcompanies " Health is not a Medical Issue " The complete " Whole Body " Health line consists of the " AIM GARDEN TRIO " Ask About Health Professional Support Series: AIM Barleygreen " Wisdom of the Past, Food of the Future " http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/AIM.html Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Jo Ann, Also, what does Vitamin D do for Calcium? And doesn't Vitamin K have something to do with clotting as well? BTW, I looove your posts! K On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 02:41 PM, JoAnn Guest wrote: > Without *magnesium*, *excess* calcium is utilized by the body in > *injurious* > > 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 ---Kathy, I'm not absolutely sure I understand your question. However I am sending on some articles that might shed some more light on the subject. Vitamin D is essential for strong bones and healthy arteries. Vitamin K is also useful in counteracting bone loss. The article I sent on has reference to arterial clotting that occurs when an abundance of OTC calcium supplements (for instance, Tums, containing aluminum) are taken, Supplements can be problematic in that in excessive amounts they form calcium *deposits* in the arteries. These deposits accumulate from these inferior brands of supplemental calcium tend to become over time a contributing factor in advanced atheriosclerosis. In 1994, University of Texas researchers published results of an experiment indicating that supplemental calcium is *ineffective* in preventing bone *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 In Gettingwell , Kathy Dery <gfx@p...> wrote: > Jo Ann, > > Also, what does Vitamin D do for Calcium? And doesn't Vitamin K have > something to do with clotting as well? > > BTW, I looove your posts! > K > On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 02:41 PM, JoAnn Guest wrote: > > Without *magnesium*, *excess* calcium is utilized by the body in > > *injurious* > > > > > 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 Wow. Then a green juice in the AM? For bone density? And exercise of course. Thanks JoAnn K On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 03:19 PM, JoAnn Guest wrote: > ---Kathy, I'm not absolutely sure I understand your question. > However I am sending on some articles that might shed some more > light on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 I am only 27 years old ... I have osteoporosis because I had a brain tumor that crushed my pituitary gland so I never produced adequate estrogen for my bones.... now I have to weigh the risks with taking hormone replacement and possibly getting other female cancers (breast cancer, ovarian cancer etc.) Estrogen stops bone loss in response to the activity of the parathyroid hormones (PTH) -Hormones from your parathyroid stimulate the osteoclasts Osteoclasts are little cells that migrate through the bone and sniff out areas where there is old bone. Bone that was made 10 years ago. And they find those areas and they dissolve them away... kind of like pacman in the arcades- pacman comes in and eats up the old bone. .... And they leave a little space called a lacuna, a little lake - a little emptiness . The osteoclasts are the bone demolishing cells on your " bone construction crews " Estrogen is what controls this parathyroid growth activity... when someone does not have enough estrogen these parathyroid hormones begin to run wild and break down too much bone taken from a book I'm reading called " Preventing Osteoporosis " by Kenneth Cooper - " JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:19 PM Re: Osteoporosis: Low Calcium Intake or Calcium *Loss*? > ---Kathy, I'm not absolutely sure I understand your question. > However I am sending on some articles that might shed some more > light on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 ---Jen, Hormone replacement does not prevent bone loss. There are numerous studies to confirm this. The chemicals in HRT are more more detrimental than beneficial over an extended period of time! *Xenoestrogens*, toxins... in the environment and non-organic foods (dioxins, plastics, IGF-1, etc.) interfere with the body's natural processes, i.e. the formation of sufficient natural progesterone. In order to make new bone there has to be the proper balance of estrogen and progesterone. We only make one half of the progesterone that our mothers did, due to interference from these xenoestrogens. To minimize the harmful effects of environmental estrogens and unnatural estrogens in our foods (animal proteins, i.e. dairy and meats are high in these harmful estrogens that interfere with natural progesterone) we have to eat organically grown foods, more fruits and veggies and avoid processed junk foods and harmful additives as well. This helps us rebuild new bone. Very little can be regenerated after thirty-five according to recent studies. There are herbs that help our bodies make enough progesterone to provide the proper balance. Chasteberry is one of them. It is also helpful to take a multivitamin with trace minerals. I have observed this happen over the past few months. My husband had such brittle bones that they wouldn't support his muscles according to the physcial therapist and in such pain that he could barely move. A result of ingesting far too much diet pop (aspartame)... approved by his doc of course! :-( We used Meyenberg whole goat's milk... http://www.meyenberg.com ....standard process ligaplex, Magnesium, potassium, Vitamin E, vitamin B and various forms of calcium as well. Liquid calcium by Flora is the best! Horsetail, (silica content) is also quite helpful. Oh, and SPINACH on a daily basis! <LOL There is three times the calcium in spinach as there is in MILK! Best Regards, JoAnn In Gettingwell , " Jenny Evely " <je@h...> wrote: > I am only 27 years old ... I have osteoporosis because I had a brain tumor > that crushed my pituitary gland so I never produced adequate estrogen for my > bones.... now I have to weigh the risks with taking hormone replacement and possibly getting other female cancers (breast cancer, ovarian cancer etc.) > > Estrogen stops bone loss in response to the activity of the parathyroid > hormones (PTH) -Hormones from your parathyroid stimulate the osteoclasts > Osteoclasts are little cells that migrate through the bone and sniff > out areas where there is old bone. Bone that was made 10 years ago. And they > find those areas and they dissolve them away... kind of like pacman in the > arcades- pacman comes in and eats up the old bone. .... And they leave a > little space called a lacuna, a > little lake - a little emptiness . > > The osteoclasts are the bone demolishing cells on your " bone construction > crews " Estrogen is what controls this parathyroid growth activity... when someone does not have enough estrogen these parathyroid hormones begin to run wild and break down too much bone > > taken from a book I'm reading called " Preventing Osteoporosis " by Kenneth > Cooper > > > - > " JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo> > > Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:19 PM > Re: Osteoporosis: Low Calcium Intake or Calcium > *Loss*? > > > > ---Kathy, I'm not absolutely sure I understand your question. > > However I am sending on some articles that might shed some more > > light on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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