Hi Nellie, I have read that there is a strong possiblity that the calcium in milk is more available when paired with the milk fat than in non fat milk. Also more available if not pasteurized or homogenized. And I think different people respond differently to milk -- but on the whole -- even in studies done by the dairy industry themselves -- it turns out that women who drink more milk have more bone fractures than those that don't. So it's entirely possible that her bones got weaker because she switched to low fat milk. Katarina
>> 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. > Nellie > Christ, my all <>< > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
