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Dietary Causes of Osteoporosis
"It's not natural for humans to drink cow's milk. Humans milk is for
humans. Cow's milk is for calves. You have no more need of cow's milk
than you do rats milk, horses milk or elephant's milk. Cow's milk cow.
That's what cow's milk is for!" - Dr. Michael Klaper MD. Milk is a high fat fluid exquisitely designed to turn a 65 lb baby calf into a 400 lb cow. Baby
humans do not grow up to become 1,200-pound cows so how can milk be
"natures perfect food?" Cows do not drink milk. They obtain calcium
from plant-based foods and their bones do not become brittle and break.
The milk of each of the over 4,700 mammals on earth is formulated
specifically for that species. Simply put, cows milk is for cows. There
is no other animal on earth that drinks another species milk. Cows milk
is loaded with fat, cholesterol, and actually causes a net calcium loss
when ingested because the protein content is to high for human
consumption. It was meant for cows! CALCIUM AND OSTEOPOROSIS Calcium
is important in maintaining strong bones and teeth, but is cows milk
the best source of calcium as we are led to believe? Cows milk has
three times the calcium as does human breast milk. Not that it matters,
it is not very usable because in order to be absorbed and used there
must be an equal quantity of magnesium (as exists in the greens that
cows eat to get all the calcium they need). Osteoporosis is a
result of a negative calcium balance caused by the body leeching
calcium from the bones in order to neutralize an acidic bloodstream.
Coffee, salt, meat, eggs, milk, cheese, carbonated soft drinks, and
junk food all acidify the bloodstream. Calcium is used to maintain the
correct acid balance of the blood. Our blood can function only at a
specific pH level and if the body stays in an acidic state, diseases
like osteoporosis begin to manifest. As osteoporosis progresses,
calcium leaches from the bones to alkalize the blood and the bones
become brittle, breaking or cracking with little to no impact. Many
studies prove the negative impact milk has on the body. One study in
particular, one of the most complete and well-respected scientific
studies in American history which is ongoing at Harvard University,
demonstrates the connection between milk consumption and osteoporosis.
Nearly 78,000 registered nurses have participated in this 12-year milk
and bone fracture study. In the Harvard study, women consuming greater
amounts of calcium from dairy foods had significantly INCREASED risks
of hip fractures, while no increase in fracture risk was observed for
the same levels of calcium from nondairy sources. Two hundred thousand
hip fractures occur in America every year. The Journal of Epidemiology
published a case-controlled study of risk factors for hip fractures in
the elderly. This study concludes: "Consumption of dairy products,
particularly at age 20 years, were associated with an increased risk of
hip fractures." The National Dairy Council proposes eating and drinking
more dairy products to increase dietary calcium as the solution to
osteoporosis. Obviously this idea is seriously flawed. While we
are being told of the dangers of not getting enough calcium, the rest
of the world is living healthily on one half of the amount, which we
are told that we need. The countries consuming the greatest amount of
calcium through milk products are suffering the most from calcium
deficiencies. These countries have the highest incidence of
osteoporosis. HEALTHY CALCIUM All green
leafy vegetables, cabbage, asparagus, broccoli, collards, brewers'
yeast, dulse, figs, oats, prunes, soy products, and blackstrap molasses
contain significant amounts of calcium . In order to be absorbed by the
body calcium must be consumed with magnesium, which plant food contains. Osteoporosis
can be prevented, stopped, and even reversed by remembering how the
body utilizes calcium and the best sources to obtain this important
nutrient.
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