Guest guest Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 that's interesting. I tested calcium deficient after my second baby even though i was drinking lots of milk and eating broth and greens (and did through most of my pregnancy). I think in my case it was also an absorption issue bc i'm feeling better with the HCl supplements. Elaine > The August 16th issue of Science News has an article > about pregnant women and calcium. Apparently, > in most women, their bones start breaking down > at about 3 months of pregnancy, presumably to > provide calcium for the growing baby. This also > releases lead from the bones into the blood > where it is absorbed by the baby. > > In this test, they took 20 women and gave them > calcium supplements daily, and also gave them a > high calcium diet. (The article didn't say if they > also supplemented magnesium, D, etc.). For those > women, the bone breakdown started happening > later, at about 6 months of pregnancy. > > Unfortunately, the article isn't online unless you > subscribe ... but you can probably get it from the library. > > Anyway, I thought this was interesting for a couple > of reasons: > > 1. If you are pregnant, be sure to get lots of calcium!!!!! > 2. Even plain ol' calcium supplements seem to help. > > Also, I can't think it is normal human functioning > to break down the bones at any time ... I'd guess > that our ancestors ate a LOT more calcium than > those women were getting (or they had more > Vit D, K, Magnesium, etc.). > > The article also mentioned that lead has the same kind > of atomic structure as calcium, so it gets stored where > calcium gets stored (hence it gets into the bones). > If lead is stored in the bones then this could be > an issue for eating fermented bones too ... we don't > really have a good way of knowing how much lead > a cow gets (presumably most grass fields don't have > high lead content, unless someone dumped something > there or it is upwind of a freeway?). > > > Heidi Jean > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 In a message dated 9/16/04 12:27:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, heidis@... writes: The article also mentioned that lead has the same kind of atomic structure as calcium, so it gets stored where calcium gets stored (hence it gets into the bones). _____ ~~~~>That would also seem to indicate that lead and calcium would compete for absorption, so a high-calcium diet would protect against lead. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 >~~~~>That would also seem to indicate that lead and calcium would compete for >absorption, so a high-calcium diet would protect against lead. > >Chris Yeah, like prions and copper ... Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 In a message dated 9/16/04 10:56:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, heidis@... writes: Yeah, like prions and copper ... ____ ~~~~> I haven't kept up with the prion research. I copper protective? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 >~~~~> I haven't kept up with the prion research. I copper protective? > >Chris The gentleman who did the research quoted on the WAPF site came to the conclusion that the prions get produced because of a lack of copper ... without the copper atom, another atom takes it's place and the protein folds abnormally. Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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