Bravo, Ivan! Biochemistry that makes sense! Thank you. It is true that the phosphorus in coke (and root beer, etc. -- dark sodas) leaches magnesium and thereby depletes calcium. I didn't know cow's milk did the same thing. I am in your debt.
Sam > Cows milk has a high phosphorous content, and while this is needed for > the absorption of calcium into the human body, because the ratio is so > high it actually pulls available calcium from the blood and body > fluids when it is eliminated. > > The body then responds by pulling calcium from the bones to make the > available calcium in the body fluids return to proper levels. This > also happens with the ingestion of other foods of high phosphorous > content, eg coke. > > When investigations are done of people taking cows milk, a high > concentration of calcium is found in the blood (which the dairy > industry trumpets) but in fact the available calcium has come from the > bones and other places that need it (which the dairy industry > ignores). > > Cows milk is good for cows not people. > > Ivan. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Katarina Wittich <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 6 December 1999 07:59 > Subject: CS>Re: Nellie/Milk > > > > 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]> >
