>medicine and the dairy industry yesterday by asserting that vegetables
>are a better weapon than milk against osteoporosis.  It is far better to

the first thing i did when i learned of my son's milk intolerance is start
reading everything i could about nutrition. (hubby says i read too much, it
drives him crazy ;) this means sorting through all the propaganda to find
peer-reviewed published studies. and from what i've read, the reason milk
doesn't prevent osteoporosis the way the dairy industry would like you to
think it does is that it contains way too much protein, and protein inhibits
calcium absorbtion. in fact, it seems (my understanding is) that osteoporosis
is not caused by a lack of dietary calcium at all, but rather by excess
dietary protein which leeches calcium from ones bones. this is confirmed
by cultures who consume much less calcium and protein than the typical
western diet, and have very low rates of osteoporosis. a well-balanced
and varied plant-based diet provides all the calcium (and protein) one
needs.

so i don't have the details now or the time to look up the references,
but they're not hard to find and i'm sure there are other experts on this
list that can explain it better than i can. :)

in fact - a digression - due to this and many other similar things i have
learned, i've actually taken our new no-dairy diet to an almost vegan diet.
didn't someone recently ask about emailing with someone going veg?

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