Any chance for a link to the journal?  I know, I'm lazy, I apologize...

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Paleo Phil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:45:11 -0500, Kenneth Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >It seems to me the Acid/Alkaline issues presented by Dr. Cordain and
> >Susan Brown on bone health coming from a balance of fruits and
> >vegetables, along with eating much lean meat and fish, is virtually
> >overlooked or unconvincingly denied (at least for me) on this list. ...
>
> Ken, I can sympathize with you. I used to believe that there was a good
> chance that the acid/alkaline theory might be correct and that an all meat
> and fish and fat diet would lead to reduced bone mineral density. I ate
> lots
> of plant foods, including plenty of greens because of this. Being a
> utilizer
> of the scientific method, I also accepted the possibility that the theory
> might be wrong, either partly or wholly.
>
> Then I came across Lex Rooker's journal, in which he described how the bone
> density in his jaw actually INCREASED on an all beef/fat/organs diet. He
> could tell because his loose teeth firmed up, and it was confirmed when his
> dentist took x-rays of his teeth and jaws.
>
> Despite my eating an alkaline diet and having alkaline urine, my teeth
> became increasingly loose. When I switched to an all meat/fat/organs diet,
> my loose teeth firmed up just like Lex's and are now the firmest they've
> been in over a decade, after just a little over a month of eating this way.
> Someone suggested in an earlier post that I "imagined" they got firmer.
> They
> should try telling that to my hygienist who used to be able to wiggle my
> teeth and now cannot. Is she just "imagining" that she can't wiggle my
> teeth
> any more? She had been concerned that I was going to lose my teeth. She
> asked if I was brushing and flossing more and I said, no and told her I was
> drinking less sugary beverages like juice and occasional soda. This
> obviously threw her off balance and she didn't ask any more questions. If I
> had told her that I ate only meat/fat/organs and water and most of it raw
> she likely would have really freaked.
>
> I never imagined that I would end up eating this way, but it has worked
> great for me so far. I'm not saying this would necessarily work for anyone
> else, only that it has worked very well indeed for Lex and me, whereas an
> alkaline diet was a disaster for me. I wish this weren't so, because it's
> cheaper and socially more acceptable to be able to eat lots of plant foods.
>



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