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Captain Obvious (04-16-2017)
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I'm not sure what you have or have not seen yet, but the thought is that the best sources for calcium might not come from milk. Some of that is based on the fact that the countries highest in dairy intake, are also the countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis.
You can compare these charts here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...23/table/tab1/
http://chartsbin.com/view/1491
The idea as I understand it is that dairy can have an acidic effect on the body, which in turn can leach calcium from the bones as described in this study:
http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6015Conclusions High milk intake was associated with higher mortality in one cohort of women and in another cohort of men, and with higher fracture incidence in women. Given the observational study designs with the inherent possibility of residual confounding and reverse causation phenomena, a cautious interpretation of the results is recommended.
Other studies showed that high dairy intake might not reduce bone fractures:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9224182CONCLUSIONS:
These data do not support the hypothesis that higher consumption of milk or other food sources of calcium by adult women protects against hip or forearm fractures.
Other studies, like this Harvard one, indicate that it might not be high calcium intake that reduces osteoporosis. They compared calcium intake by nation, too.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutriti...e-osteoporosisAdditional evidence further supports the idea that American adults may not need as much calcium as is currently recommended. For example, in countries such as India, Japan, and Peru where average daily calcium intake is as low as 300 milligrams per day (less than a third of the U.S. recommendation for adults, ages 19 to 50), the incidence of bone fractures is quite low. Of course, these countries differ in other important bone-health factors as well—such as level of physical activity and amount of sunlight—which could account for their low fracture rates.
But, nothing is 100% conclusive.
Since I'm mostly vegan anyway, I don't worry too much, but as I understand it, it might be better to get our calcium from non-dairy sources. And, plenty of Vit D and Vit K.
""A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" ~George Bernard Shaw