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