OSTEOPOROSIS: The Myth and The Reality
"Osteoporosis is caused by a number of
things, one of the most important being too much dietary protein." Science 1986;233(4763) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Osteoporosis is a bone disorder that results in the reduction of bone mass, and density because of loss of mineral content. The bones become soft and brittle and break easily. Over 800,000 Canadians, mostly older women have it. 1 in 4 will have demineralization to the point of FRACTURES. In 1988- professionals concluded more woman die of Osteoporosis related fractures then Ca. 1 in 10 deaths are related to Osteoporosis. In the US Osteoporosis is a 4 billion dollar a year business. Osteoporosis is not due to a lack of calcium, it is due to a lack of truth! When is a lie worth telling? How much suffering must we undergo for the sake of the meat and dairy industry? The truth is- the more animal protein you consume, the greater will be the loss of calcium from your system! Meat is the main cause of Osteoporosis; with dairy a close second! Overeating of protein is the most dangerous of all dietary imbalances. It leads to Osteoporosis. 16%of each protein molecule is nitrogenous waste known as NH2. The molecule becomes ammonia NH3 when it breaks down in your body’s digestive process. Ammonia! It eats the wax off your floor, what does it do to your body? To deal with this Ammonia, your body combines 2 molecules of ammonia with 1 CO2 which makes UREA. The more protein, the more urea; this eats away at your body tissue and the body releases calcium from your bones to buffer it. When there is more urea than calcium reserves, calcium looses and the bones deteriorate! Among Eskimos who eat mostly meat, Osteoporosis is a common condition at even 22 years of age! Laboratory tests have clearly shown that taking calcium has no effect on the progress of Osteoporosis. Large doses of mineral calcium, cause constipation and kidney problems. The more additional calcium supplements one consumes, the less they absorb. Don’t be led into believing that taking calcium will help your Osteoporosis. And milk and cheese urged upon us by the vigilant dairy industry only increases the loss due to high protein content. Even vegetarians, who are protein brainwashed and practice food combining or use high dairy or meat analogues to increase protein intake are as much at risk as meat eaters or more as some eat more protein than meat eaters. Go easy on protein, your body needs very little, and gets it best from live foods such as fruits and vegetables, and grains, with some seeds and nuts. When in your life, do you grow the fastest and thus need the most protein? The newborn infant doubles his weight in about 180 days! How much protein is found in Mother’s milk? It is only 1.2% protein! If you eat enough whole, natural foods to maintain your body weight, you get plenty of protein. Protein is not an energy food, in fact, it takes energy from the body to digest protein. Carbohydrates are our energy foods. If you have Osteoporosis, avoid meat, dairy, and high protein foods. If you want to increase your calcium, use sesame seeds, almonds, salad greens, broccoli, fresh raw celery-carrot juice, and figs . Your body can only use calcium from plant sources, not from mineral or dairy sources. Loss of bone material does not automatically occur with age, some people actually gain bone in later years. People in other societies with different dietary habits rarely if ever have Osteoporosis. Smoking, alcohol, and caffeine as well as lack of exercise are also contributing factors. Studies have shown that there is no relationship between amount of calcium intake and Osteoporosis; but there is clearly a relation with the amount of animal protein! Throughout history people had no problem making bones that lasted a lifetime, without dairy products or calcium pills. Few could afford dairy. Now with abundant dairy we have abundant Osteoporosis! Why? Osteoporosis is rare in countries where milk is not used and highest in dairy using countries! Osteoporosis correlates
with protein in diet—higher protein, higher Osteoporosis.
EFFECTS OF LOW AND HIGH PROTEIN DIET ON CALCIUM BALANCE. Effects of 30-40 Gms. day is enough to cause Osteoporosis! The average intake of protein in America is over 120 GMS daily. Most Americans are in negative calcium balance. Only a few oz. of meat in the diet can be too much. Here is the good news- when a person changes his diet and adopts a low protein regime, the symptoms reverse and they get better! What is a safe dietary intake of protein? approximately 50 GMS- this would be 6 oz. chicken 7 oz cod 1 1/3 cups cottage cheese OR- 11 cups of rice 25 medium potatoes Better to fill up on the grain and potatoes, vegetables and fruits! On a high protein diet 225 GMS a day Adults loose 4% of their skeleton per year-even if they are taking 1400 mg. of calcium daily! on a low protein diet, even with less than 50 mg daily dietary calcium intake they remain in positive calcium balance. Calcium supplements Don’t help! What about hormones? in 1984 the National Institute of Health agreed that risk of uterine cancer increases with the use of estrogen therapy. Side effects include- cancer, thrombophlebitis, weight gain or loss, high b/p, risk diabetes, yeast infections, depression, rash, hair loss, nausea and vomiting, bloating, edema, sore breasts, irritability, gall bladder disease, headaches, and so on. Middle aged women in fear and desperation are spending millions on drugs and calcium and cow’s milk and it is only crippling them more. Who is responsible for the lies? God help the innocent and suffering ones! Why? if the research is clear, don’t we hear more about this? We are like Pilot, we ask, “What is truth?” Then we leave before we hear the answer because we don’t like what we hear and the big industries, who control the media, try to distort and hide the truth to pad their pockets. But what a needless loss in Human suffering!
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