Phosphate contribution to osteoporosis

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Acid/alkaline balance is a hot topic but maybe many beliefs are all wrong

so do we have our facts right? This research blows much of current dogma out

the window. It contradicts much of what we have all believed for years,

namely that high meat diets are high in phosphorus and that must be bad for

many reasons, which in animals leads to secondary hyperparathyroidism that

in turn should lead to pathological calcification.

 

See text book by Hans Selye called CALCIFILAXIS by Univ of Chicago Press.

Please know that one study is not enough to cancel overnight all of the

other relevant research.

 

The Nhanes study by NIH shows that average intake in USA without

supplements is 1400 mg of Phosphorus (soft drinks) and the average intake of

calcium

is 800 mg. Thus, to avoid secondary hyperparathyroidism with the proven

calcification of tissues documented in the text Calciphylaxis, I developed

the concept to never give high dose calcium to protect bones, as that is

nonsense, since at age 80 the average aorta at autopsy has 140 times more

calcium content than at age 10. By giving 500 mg of calcium with equal amounts

of magnesium (the ideal calcium tamer or calcium channel blocker) I believed

that the multiple in Beyond Chelation packets of 9 pills that I have used

successfully to eliminate fatal strokes and heart attacks in my patients

that I would also see stronger bones and less calcified arteries as people

would age. Of course Vitamin K-2 is needed for optimal results).

 

However, things may not be as simple as they appear and there may be other

factors about which we are not aware. This research suggests maybe

phosphorus is not the bad guy I have had it painted as but nothing will

convince

me that phosphorus in soft drinks is safe.

 

Clearly animals receiving excessive phosphorus show pathology including

osteoporosis and irritability and even excessive soft tissue calcification

consistent with the secondary hyperparathyroidism concept but of course there

are always other factors operating.

 

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)

President, Gordon Research Institute

www.gordonresearch.com

 

http://www.foodsciencecentral.com/fsc/ixid15837

 

Food Info Online FSTA Reports 25 January 2010

 

Phosphate contribution to osteoporosis

 

Dietary phosphate is supplied through meat, grains and dairy products, and

increasingly as food additives. Phosphate is a fundamental mineral

component of hydroxyapatite, the main structural element of bone. However, the

acid-ash hypothesis postulates that dietary phosphate, a marker of the

metabolic production of acid, is detrimental to bone.

 

According to the acid-ash hypothesis, acidic ions such as phosphate

contribute to the diet acid load, causing demineralization of bone and

excretion

of bone calcium in the urine, resulting in osteoporosis. Consumers have

therefore been advised to reduce their consumption of foods with high

phosphate contents, such as meats, fish and dairy produce, and to follow an

alkaline diet to lower their acidic ion intakes.

 

However, there have been few critical reviews of the acid-ash hypothesis.

Recent findings have suggested that acid-generating diets may not be

detrimental to whole body calcium balance, questioning the validity of the

acid-ash hypothesis. In addition, other variables such as calcium intake may

also

influence the relationship between dietary phosphate intakes and bone

health.

 

A study by Fenton et al.1 used a meta-analysis to quantify the potential

contribution of phosphate to bone loss in 269 healthy adults, determined by

surrogate and direct measures of osteoporosis. The influence of calcium

intake and degree of protonation of the phosphate supplements on urine

calcium, calcium balance and markers of bone metabolism was assessed. The

results

contradicted the acid-ash hypothesis, with higher phosphate intakes being

associated with decreased urine calcium and increased calcium retention. No

evidence was found that higher phosphate intakes contributed to bone

demineralization and were detrimental to bone health.

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1 Fenton, TR; Lyon, AW; Eliasziw, M; Tough, SC; Hanley, DA (2009).

Phosphate decreases urine calcium and increases calcium balance: a

meta-analysis of

the osteoporosis acid-ash hypothesis. Nutrition Journal 8 (Sept.) 15 pp.