Re: Calcium in diet

[Guest guest]

Whoa! Sue Gilbert may be a nutritionist, but I think there is some debate

to her claim that " By far the best source of calcium is dairy products. "

Here's Cohen's, (founder of the Dairy Education Board) take on it:

From: " notmilk2002 " <notmilk@e...>

Date: Tue May 7, 2002 10:26 pm

Subject: - - CROUCHING PUSSY CAT, HIDDEN GODZILLA

Crouching Pussy Cat, Hidden Godzilla

Zhang Ziyi is the latest celebrity

to pose for a milk mustache ad.

Zhang Ziyi is the Chinese actress who

soared to fame through her unbelievable

martial arts stunts in the movie,

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

She and the dairy industry want you to

believe that her flying kicks can be re-created

if you drink body fluids from diseased animals

and wear creamy milk pustaches under your nose.

If you believe that those stunts are real, and

that Zhang can zing through the sky, then you may

very well be susceptible enough to swallow the

great dairy industry lie: milk builds strong bones.

Zhang's movie stunts are all done with mirrors

and hidden wires. It's Hollywood special effects.

The dairy industry's stunts are done with similar

mirrors. They pay hundreds of millions of dollars

in set-up fees, then perform their hocus-pocus

by paying co-conspirators (magazines, media

whores) to support their lies with feel-good

milk stories.

The true " Hidden Dragon " lurks in hospital

corridors. Her name is dairy, and she awaits

your pelvic fractures and forearm breaks with

an insatiable appetite. Her first course is

cheese. She washes down truth with a tall glass

of milk.

American women have been consuming an average of

two pounds of milk per day for their entire lives,

yet thirty million American women have osteoporosis.

Drinking milk does not prevent bone loss. Bone loss

is accelerated by ingesting too much protein, and

milk has been called " liquid meat. "

In order to absorb calcium, the body needs comparable

amounts of another mineral element, magnesium. Milk

and dairy products contain only small amounts of

magnesium. Magnesium is the center atom of chlorophyll.

Edison was a " crouching tiger. " He rejected

phony science, and attempted to standardize important

studies for the worldwide scientific community to

review. Edison founded a scientific journal called

Science That journal now has 500,000 scientists

reading its studies every week. In 1986 (volume 233,

page 4763), Science reported:

" Osteoporosis is caused by a number of things,

one of the most important being too much dietary

protein. "

Zhang Ziyi should be made aware that her venerable

ancestors enjoyed little or no incidences of

bone disease. There are no cheese dishes to be

found on Chinese menus. One does not order Moo Shu

dragon with mozzarella cheese. If Ziyi subscribed to

the Nutrition Action Newsletter, this is what she would

have read in June of 1993:

" Countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis,

such as the United States, England, and Sweden,

consume the most milk. China and Japan, where

people eat much less protein and dairy food, have

low rates of osteoporosis. "

The scariest dragon in America is the dairy industry

milk marketing team. In 1993, Osteoporis International

(volume 3, page 3) reported:

" About 50,000 Americans die each year of

problems related in some way to osteoporosis. "

The dairy industry ignores truths published by

the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In 1979, that journal reported (volume 32):

" Even when eating 1,400 mg of calcium daily,

one can lose up to 4 percent of his or her bone mass

each year while consuming a high-protein diet. "

In 1995, that same journal reported (volume 61):

" Dietary protein increases production of acid

in the blood which can be neutralized by calcium

mobilized from the skeleton. "

There is no disguising truth from Harvard University

scientists. They are conducting the largest study

in the history of womankind. Part of that study was

published in volume 87 of the American Journal of

Public Health in 1997. They reported:

" There is no significant association between

teenaged milk consumption and the risk of adult

fractures. Data indicate that frequent milk

consumption and higher dietary calcium intakes

in middle aged women do not provide protection

against hip or forearm fractures... women consuming

greater amounts of calcium from dairy foods had

significantly increased risks of hip fractures,

while no increase in fracture risk was observed

for the same levels of calcium from nondairy sources. "

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon known as

Zhang Ziyi is in reality a Crouching Pussy Cat,

Hidden Godzilla. She betrays all people by posing

for her milkstache. In 1994, the Journal of

Epidemiology (volume 139) identified the key

factor in bone disease:

" Consumption of dairy products, particularly at

age 20 years, were associated with an increased

risk of hip fractures...metabolism of dietary

protein causes increased urinary excretion of

calcium. "

The next time you see a Hollywood movie depicting

Zhang flying through the sky, don't you believe your

eyes. Film makers produce big-screen movies in order

to sell popcorn. Such films contain stunts that

venture beyond reality into a world of fantasy.

Dairy ads do much the same thing.

Do not be fooled.

Beware of the dragon's razor-sharp teeth.

She will eat you alive, much the same way as dairy-financed

nutritional advice that is based not on science, but

on a desire to sell you their unhealthy product.

Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

[Guest guest]

Amen. (Altho I love all dairy products) Many green

veggies are rich in calcium.

Magnesium is super important for a lot of things

besides absorption of calcium--many in the US are

found low, and BI women in particular are found

low in this crucial element. For some reason, it

is not regularly tested here unless of a suspected

heart problem; a Magnesium shot is usually admin-

istered with a heart attack. 400 mgs daily unless

you have a kidney problem

But she forgot to mention another thing that is needed for the calcium absorption

for bone--Vitamin D--which is actually a hormone.

If you have had implants, live in an area that is not

abundant with sunshine, have voided sun due to

reactions or used sunscreen regularly, get Vitamin

D level checked. Both Mag and D can be checked

in simple blood test. If they stay down long enough,

your dentist will make a fortune crowning your

fractured molars (Mine did) As I hadn't so much

as had a carie in 38 years, and this happened all

within a two year period--one can be fairly sure of the

cause.

Calcium, magnesium and Vit D are all together

in a liquid form and I'm fairly certain in a capsule.

Bonnie

[Guest guest]

Had another thought. . . .

Anyone on synthetic thyroid hormone is at

much higher risk for osteoporosis. I don't

know if this has something to do with the

fact that there is no calcitonin in it or not.

I have recently switched to Armour thryoid (natural)

and need to ask about this--will post.

Bonnie