>>If this is true, how come women in cultures (in the far east) whose diet
>>primarily consists of grains (rice) do not exhibit anywhere near the
>>symptoms of calcium deficiency (e.g. osteoporeisis) found in United
>>States?

        I think there is a lot of uncontrolled genetic backgrounds in the
research.  If a sub-population has adapted to their historical diets, the
effects are going to be very different.  It's not as if we were all cut
from the same cloth.

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