Hi Paleopals,

Since turning paleo almost one year ago, I get a lot of questions about
calcium...shouldn't I be worried about calcium by not eating dairy?

Well I am not worried because I think that dairy just pushes up blood levels
of calcium, which actually triggers your system to leech it out of bones.

Since starting to weight train HIT style I have tried to look more closely
at the benefits of weight bearing exercise (in a safe way, or you could get
hurt  dealing with weights that will take you to failure).  I want to cross
post this interesting comment on excercise and bone density from a member of
MedX online mailing list.

>From: "Medical Exercise" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Medical Exercise" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 6:00 PM
>Subject: workout dividend
>
>> Medical Exercise - http://www.MedXonline.com
>>
>> In a locker room 19 years ago, exhausted from one of my first few
workouts
>> in what has now become a string of thousands, I muttered to no-one in
>> particular:
>>
>> "Is it all worth it!"
>>
>> An elderly gentleman walked over and leaned into my face.
>>
>> "When you go to the doctor and he says 'your blood pressue is normal,'
>> then it's worth it."
>>
>> My motivation in forging a fitness lifestyle at the time was something
>> more typical of a single male age 27.
>>
>> Now that I've closed a good portion of the age gap between myself and the
>> elderly gentleman, I'm glad to report that during my physical yesterday
my
>> blood pressure was 120/76 -- a very good normal. My cholesterol was good.
>> My EKG was normal.
>>
>> I can also assume that my bone mineral density is about what Dr. Phillip
>> Alexander has found at Baylor Medical Center -- a 1.4% increase per
month.
>>
>> Hey, this working out stuff is great!
>>
>> For more reasons, see:
>>
>> http://www.medxonline.com/Exsci