Myth # 49 : " But I need dairy for my calcium ."
Myth # 49 : " But I need dairy for my calcium ."
In a bizarre twist of irony , not only do milk products not provide a form of calcium that is easily digested by humans , but they do contain animal-based proteins that raise the acidity levels of our blood when ingested ; a condition which then causes our bodies to actually take calcium away from our bones and ultimately excrete it from our system via our urine * … In essence then , animal milk doesn ’ t make stronger bones for us humans – it actually makes more brittle ones !
(* Plant-based proteins , in case you were wondering , do not have this effect .)
Quite a number of studies have shown this to be true – one of them , performed at and published by the University of California , showed that older women with a high intake of animal proteins had a significantly higher risk for hip fractures than those in a control group . Indeed , even the USDA recently admitted that the nutrition claims of the famous " milk mustache " ads are completely false – that milk consumption does not improve athletic performance in any way , and that milk consumption does cause digestive difficulties and does decrease bone strength .
So , my Friends , it would be worth it to keep in mind that milk ( and cheese , and yogurt , and sour cream etc .) does not " do the body good " – and that the best way to keep this in mind ; the best way to care for your own health as well as the health of those you Love ( not to mention the health of all dairy cows ), is to keep animal dairy completely out of your diet .
Current status of this Myth : Sanitized Justification it provides for eating animals : NONE
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