Zenzele <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>i.e., osteoporosis (which i do not believe is actually caused by a lack of
>calcium, from what i've read).

Some of us feel it comes from the consumption of phytic acid. This can be
found in whole grains, and it combines with minerals in the body,
especially calcium, to form phytates, which precipitate from the body. For
more on this see:

 http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind9706&L=paleodiet&O=T&P=850
 http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind9706&L=paleodiet&O=T&P=2282

>i saw a report on the news a couple of days ago about there being more and
>more children who are showing signs of lactose intolerance.  i wonder why
>that is,

Possibly because the consumption of wheat is up. Wheat is the grain with
the most gluten, and in certain people gluten damages the small intestine.
The lactase enzyme is produced in the brush border of the microvilli. This
is the first part that gluten compromises.

>and why parents still insist on bombarding their children with a
>whole bunch of dairy products?

Well, you explained it above (and I clipped). Lots of advertising from the
dairy industry. The moustache campaign alone is $110 million per year.

Don.