Nellie wrote:

>> Milk does not build strong bones -- it leaches calcium out of them.
>My understanding is that whole milk does help the bones, while lowfat or no 
>fat milk does allow the calcium to be utilized. A number of years ago, my 
>grandmother broke her arm. She liked drinking milk and had always used whole 
>milk. The doctor was very impressed at how quickly the break healed. Shortly 
>after that, she was told to drink no fat milk. A year and a half after that 
>her spine started to collapse. it seems unreasonable that a woman in her
late 
>80s, who had strong bones previously, should suddenly get weak bones. I 
>attribute it to the change in her milk drinking.
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And just to balance the playing field...Dr. Swank had great success with MS
by taking his patients off ALL dairy fat, and has patients live to ripe
old ages on the diet.
>
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