HIGH-PROTEIN FOODS
Meat Fowl Fish
NIGHTSHADES
Potatoes Tomatoes Eggplant
Peppers( red, hot, green, cayenne, paprika, Tabasco, and so on)
Tobacco
WINE
CITRUS
VINEGAR Lemon( especially in tea) Orange
COFFEE
Grapefruit Other juices, in some cases
ALCOHOL SALT
Let’ s look at these group by group. DAIRY PRODUCTS As we saw, the calcium in dairy foods comes in an unbalanced relationship with phosphorus, so a fair amount of it will be incompletely absorbed or incorrectly assimilated. ‡ CONCENTRATED SUGARS These create an acid reaction in the body, and acidity demineralizes the system; this occurs because when sugar is metabolized, it creates various organic acids. 14
Sugar intake also alters the calcium-phosphorus ratio in the blood by causing the phosphorus level to drop. When not enough of the latter is present, calcium cannot be absorbed by the body. 15 HIGH-PROTEIN FOODS According to research done at the University of Wisconsin by Dr. Helen Linkswiler and Dr. Josephine Lutz, a diet with a high-protein content acidifies the blood( much as sugar does), and acidified blood will dissolve calcium from the bones. In one study conducted by Dr. Lutz, people on a diet that included 102 grams of protein( which is average) excreted almost twice as much calcium as those consuming only the RDA of 44 grams. Because the calcium intake of both groups was the same, the excreted calcium had apparently been removed from the bones. The researchers suggested lowering the intake of protein to prevent calcium loss. 16 In another study it was found that vegetarians do indeed have a much lower incidence of osteoporosis than do meat eaters. 17 NIGHTSHADES This botanical group includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers, and tobacco.( For a fuller discussion of nightshades see this chapter, this page – this page.) The alkaloids in these plants seem to affect the calcium balance in some way. One researcher has reported that cattle that graze on one variety of nightshades develop malformed skeletons and become unable to walk, grazing on their knees.