Are
Calcium Supplements and Pasteurized Milk the cause of
Osteoporosis?
Good old milk, it has been used for human consumption for
thousands of years now . Around the world, people drink
milk. From Asia to Africa, from Europe to South America,
people around the world drink milk. But it does not stop
there, even if cow's milk is the most popular of all milks,
other people of the world drink the milk of goats ,camels,
llamas, reindeer , sheep and the water buffalo.
Milk also comes in many varieties. There is raw milk which
has not been pasteurized, whole milk that comes from cows,
low-fat milk, nonfat or skim milk, buttermilk, low-sodium
milk, lactose-reduced low-fat milk and ultra pasteurized
milk.
But there are now new studies that are coming out about
calcium supplements and pasteurized milk. Known for being
among top calcium sources of the body, they are now accused
of causing osteoporosis. Will we look at milk differently
from now on? Can we handle the truth about milk an calcium
supplements?
Osteoporosis is not a calcium deficiency disease. The fact
prove these. The United States is among the countries that
have the highest rates of osteoporosis in the world, yet,
it is also the highest consumers of dairy products such as
milk. It is even recognized that American lack calcium .Then
how can this be? When they are one of the highest consumers
of milk?
Americans are ingesting the wrong kind of calcium. They are
consuming a lot of dairy pasteurized dairy products that
they end up losing more calcium. They end up having a
negative calcium balance. The facts prove these, there are
now more women being killed by osteoporosis every year than
cancer of the breast, cervix and uterus combined. There are
now 25 million Americans that are being diagnosed with
osteoporosis. And that is not even counting the undiagnosed.
20% of bone mass is being replaced by the body each year
but with osteoporosis, there are more bones lost than being
replaced. It is not only pasteurized milk that contributes
to causing osteoporosis. Calcium leaching foods also bring
damage. Calcium leaching foods like red meat, refined sugar,
highly heated salt, inorganic phosphorous and caffeine. Diet
low in fresh fruits and vegetables, not enough exercise also
bring damage. All of these add up to bone loss ,all of these
factors add up to bring osteoporosis.
Red meat contain large amounts of phosphorous. Phosphorous
inhibits calcium absorption.
White sugar brings too much acid formation in the body. Acid
formation that needs calcium to buffer the acidification of
the body. Calcium that is taken from the bones .Calcium that
once taken from the bones leads to bone loss.
Soft drinks contain phosphoric acid that also contributes to
osteoporosis.
Smoking, caffeine, alcohol and lack of exercise. All of
these intensify osteoporosis.
Be
careful of what you eat. It is your health on the line.
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