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American Bones Are Crumbling, Are Yours?

Vast Majority of Americans Fail To Meet Calcium Requirements even thought hey consume large amounts of dairy products!
 
The May 2007 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published findings of researchers from the "Program on Prevention Outcomes" at Stanford University, that despite well-publicized recommendations concerning the need for Calcium to aid in osteoporosis prevention, a startling 60% of Americans fail to receive adequate intake of Calcium.

How can this be when so many people cram Calcium supplements down their throat, drink milk by the gallon and eat cheese and ice cream without benefit. What has gone wrong?
 
The study was exhaustive, involving 5,094 men and 5,780 women aged 19 and older.

Summary of the Findings:
Daily Calcium intake was calculated from the results of dietary interviews provided by the participants. Supplemental Calcium intake was estimated from the subjects? intake of prescription and non-prescription nutritional supplements, and Calcium-containing antacids like TUMS. 40% of the study population was found to meet age-specific national Calcium intake levels - just 40%! And less than half of the participants reported using Calcium supplements. Participants who were at low risk or high risk of osteoporosis were more likely to have adequate intake levels of Calcium than those at moderate risk, although those at moderate risk were more likely to use Calcium supplements than subjects at low risk. Men, ethnic minorities and those who did not graduate from high school were more likely to have inadequate Calcium intake and were less likely to use Calcium supplements. Taking Calcium supplements increased the odds of meeting the adequate intake recommendations by a factor of four compared with nonusers.

Little do most people realize that all the milk, cheese and butter that they consume is depleting them of calcium rather than adding to it.

Many who are addicted to milk, cheese and ice cream will find this heresy, but bear with me if you want strong bones and no sudden broken hips, knee replacements and crumbling bones. What is worse is the sad fact that 99% of most Calcium supplements are totally worthless and just "powdered rock" that the body cannot digest, let alone utilize.
 
Here are my conclusions:
Dairy is NOT a good source of usable Calcium. (Explained below.)
Most Calcium is "rock" like Coral Calcium and Calcium Carbonate. Rock is not assimilated or utilized by the body easily.
The body needs high levels of Magnesium, Vitamin D and Vitamin K to convert the Calcium into a usable nutrient. Milk does not contain Magnesium.
Calcium is not ?alone? in building strong bones; it needs vital minerals like Boron, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Manganese and Strontium as well. (None of which are in milk, cheese or ice cream.)
Cows don't drink milk, so where do they get their Calcium? (Osteoporosis rates are highest in countries who consume the MOST dairy like Denmark and Sweden.)
First, despite all the milk moustache ads that tell you milk is a perfect food, the fact is, dairy is not a good source of usable Calcium. Dairy contains dangerous hormones directly linked to breast and endometrial cancers. Milk also creates an acid condition in the gut. To alkalize or neutralize the acid, the body sucks Calcium out of its own bones, thus creating weak and porous bones-aka, osteoporosis.

Cheese and ice cream are the worst forms of milk to consume, as it takes ten to twelve pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese or ice cream. The more you eat ice cream and melted cheese pizzas, the weaker your bones become.
 
For the body to get Calcium into your bones, it needs high amounts of Magnesium (more on this below), but milk does not contain in any meaningful amount of this vital mineral.
 
Second, you need Vitamin D and Vitamin K to get the Calcium OUT of the bloodstream and INTO the bones. Without these two miracle vitamins, Calcium is inert and useless in the body. Milk does not contain these vitamins.
 
Vitamin K is a "key" that opens the door to the bones so the Calcium can flow from the bloodstream into the bones, uninhibited. No "K", no Calcium in the bones. The Japanese think so much of Vitamin K, it's only available there as a prescription osteoporosis drug!

Third, you need all the support minerals that make up the bone "matrix". These include Magnesium, Boron, Phosphorous, Manganese, Copper, Zinc and Strontium. With Calcium alone, the "matrix" or core of the bone crystal is brittle and weak, able to break and crumble easily. ALL the support member-minerals of the "strong bone team" have to be present for it all to work.
 
Fourth, the form of Calcium is VITAL for success and strong bones. We were not designed to eat "rock" forms of anything. Our bodies are unable to digest rock and extract the minerals within.

Not heresay, simple facts!
Wayne Garland ND/TCM/PhD

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