Blake!!

[Guest guest]

There are studies that show that Calcium from

dairy CAUSES Osteoporosis. If you notice in the

comercials put out by the American dairy association; they

do not say that dairy will help with osterporosis.

They strongly HINT that it will. They know how to

prevent a law suit.<br><br>Doug<br>PS. But thats OK just

nod and smile, and say yes sir Boss. Just let the

truth slide for now. You'll have your day.

[Guest guest]

" There are studies that show that Calcium from dairy CAUSES Osteoporosis. "

Haven't heared that. What sdudies? I thought it's the milk protein, casein, that

causes Osteoporosis.

[Guest guest]

I was being lazy by stating that Osteoporosis can be caused by dairy calcium,

without citing the article. Give me a little time and I'll look it up and post

it.<br><br>Doug

[Guest guest]

Doug,<br><br>You're probably right that dairy

contributes to osteoporosis, but on a technical point I don't

think it's the " calcuim " in milk that causes it. Rather

there's the issue of whether the high amounts of calcium

in milk are actually assimilated by the body or not

and there is the issue of the high protein content of

milk.<br><br>It's well known that certain vitamiins and minerals

need other vitamins and minerals present for optimal

assimilation. I don't have my references in front of me now,

but I believe that magnesium needs to be present with

calcium in a ratio of around 1:1. Human mother's milk is

close to 1:1, but I believe cows milk is 2:1 - I may

have the ratios backwards, but I think you see the

point.<br><br>The second issue is that it is reported that

excessively high amounts of protein in the diet cause the

body's ph to to be acidic, and in an attempt to balance

itself, the body pulls reserves of calcium from the bones

to neutralize the excess acidity. That's why a lot

of people nowadays think the high protein in cows

milk causes more harm on the body's calcium reserves

than the " benefit " of the calcium in the milk

provides.<br><br>Regardless, of the technical explanations, I lived in SE Asia

for a number of years and no one I knew drank milk on

a regular basis. And no one felt the " need " to

replace it with some other beverage. And the incidence of

osteoporosis was much lower than here in the US and other

high-diary-consumption nations.<br><br>As they say, the proof is in the

pudding. And I prefer my pudding without milk. I wish

they'd take the dairy industry to task over their false

or misleading (at best) claims. But I see no

evidence it's going to happen.<br><br>References (to those

who want to research themselves). " Milk: The Deadly

Poison (read it for what it's worth and don't get

put-off by the name). Daniel Reid's The Complete Book of

Chinese Health & Healing, and the Tao of Health, Sex and

Longevity. Durk Person and Sandi Shaw may have also

commented on this in Life Extension, but I'm not

sure.<br><br>Au revoir my raw friends, Mallon