... continued.. somehow rest of posting didn't make it
in the first attempt....

...concerning high protein diets....
Are you telling that there was no acidification?
You can easily test your own urine with a little test
strip.  If the ph is at 5ph then (according to Cordaines
words) the maximum acid excretion in urine is reached, and
probably calcium resources will be used.


>You should be aware that the studies that correlated calcium
>loss with high protein diets used isolated, fractionated animo acids from
>milk or eggs.(1) Dr. Herta Spencer, of the VA Hospital in Hines, IL shows
>that when protein is given as meat, subjects do not show any increase in
>calcium excreted, or any significant change in serum calcium, even over a
>long period.
Of course meat is a complete set of several items important
for nutrition (including minerals) and protein is less
than 20% in meat.

Btw I did not argue against meat here.
Acidification comes with any protein rich food -
nuts - seeds - grains - eggs and meats.
Again, here I see an argument for a big part of fruit
and vegetables in the diet, since these are the only
food items helping to the other side.

>(2) Other investigators found that a high protein intake
>increased calcium absorption when dietary calcium was adequate or high, but
>not when calcium intake was a low 500 mg per day.(3)

Could you tell please how *you* reach your 500mg per day?
(my references show a need of 800mg for adult woman)
Disregarding dairy, I can only find sesame as
an exorbitant source (900mg/100g)
then almonds wich 250mg/100g.

Is sesam a grain/grass seed? Who sais it's not paleo?

Thanks for the references.
I'd like to take a look at, but such Journals are
not easily available over here.
Do you have any net resources for it?

regards

Amadeus