Comments on: Calcium Myths

By: Robert Nice

Robert Nice — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:50:37 +0000

What rubbish!
The reason that you cannot get enough calcium from milk is because the calcium is bonded with carbon, as in calcium carbonate. Its the carbon that leaches calcium from your bones etc, therefore causing a net loss of calcium in your body.
Artificial supplements also are only calcium carbonate. Just check the ingredients if you dont believe me. Carbon, as food is very damaging to the human body, causing not just osteoporosis but other joint problems too.
You can only get real calcium from food such as green veg. It is perfectly balanced with other minerals etc for calcium to be absorbed in the body.
Isnt it obvious that the nation that takes the most (calcium) supplements, has the highest bone density problems.
No milk or dairy foods, or supplements. Just good green veg once or twice a week.. Healthy bones.
Rob.

By: Irene @ H.E.S.H.

Irene @ H.E.S.H. — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:27:15 +0000

Very informative! I learned a lot about calcium today than my one semester in college. The info here are direct and easy to digest. Hope to read more of these kind of blog.

By: Dr. Scott

Dr. Scott — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:15:45 +0000

I agree Susan: both sad and funny. The issue of bone loss has so much more to do with how we spend our days (do we exercise, do we drink soda, do we eat mostly plant-based foods…) than it does one mineral (calcium) and one source of that mineral (cows). I wish it were that easy. We are the largest consumers of cow-foods in the world and, yet, we still have a high rate of osteoporosis. That alone should make people wonder about the milk/bone connection.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:14:15 +0000

You should see the looks of horror when I tell people my kids don’t drink milk….. if it weren’t so sad how brainwashed most people are, it would be funny. It’s still a little funny.

By: Dr. Scott

Dr. Scott — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:51:32 +0000

Thanks for all your comments Melissa!

I’ve gotten into the habit of telling people that they don’t need milk and then saying (along with them) “but where do you get your calcium”? This way they think I’m a mind reader, but just shows (as you point out) how brainwashed we all are.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:51:45 +0000

“Scientists wanted to find a way to reduce bone fractures, so they started to look for ways to make bones stronger, but the only way they could measure osteoporosis is through a bone density test. What they found out what was that supplementing with calcium did indeed make bones denser, but no one (until recently) questioned whether supplementing with that much calcium made any difference to bone fractures.”

This is such a good point. The “drink your milk” advice is based on the assumption that denser = stronger. But if you think about it, that is illogical. Something too rigid actually is usually more brittle than something that has some flexibility in it. Consider large skyscrapers. Architects and engineers do not make them more rigid to withstand earthquakes. On the contrary, they design them with some flexibility and give which increases the buildings ability to survive an earthquake. Thanks for your great articles! I’ll be sending links to my friends who could use a little enlightening on these topics…

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:41:14 +0000

“When I suggest to people that they stop milk, I can almost guarantee that the next thing out of their mouths is, “yes, but where do I get my calcium?” There response speaks to the power, effectiveness, and tragedy (for our health) of advertising. My answer to their question of where do you get enough calcium is to ask another question: “Where do cows, moose, and even elephants (who all have very strong bones) get their calcium if all they eat is grass?””

That’s so funny (and true!) When I told a co-worker I almost never drink milk, she gasped and asked “What about your calcium?!” I told her you didn’t need dairy to get calcium and that things like kale, broccoli, nuts, soy and other legumes are better sources of calcium she was astonished. She really was under the impression (delusion!) that human beings absolutely NEEDED milk to survive. She actually had no idea that calcium was even IN any vegetables! When I asked her how the calcium got into the milk in the first place she was confused. When I pointed out to her that this milk full of calcium comes from cows who (in their natural states) eat pretty much just grass, it was like a light bulb coming on for her. She was still kind of confused (and insisted that since doctors, advertisements and the government all say she should drink milk she’s going to keep drinking it), but it definitely gave her something to think about.

By: Grok

Grok — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:49:27 +0000

I consume quite a bit of dairy, but it’s mostly raw & from A2 casein animals like goats. I enjoy these products for the fats, proteins and pro-biotic properties. They’re very nutrient dense, but I never consume them for “calcium” and laugh at people when they say, “I get lots of vitamin D from milk!”

Seems people are getting way too worried about micro-nutrients these days. Just a short time ago, man didn’t even know what a “micro-nutrient” was. We were healthier too! Eat real food and you won’t have to worry about it much.

I eat a reasonable amount of cabbage. Hilarious that it has more calcium than milk.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:18:03 +0000

I am new here. Is there a print option for this article? I would like for my daughter to read this.

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