Guest guest Posted December 13, 2000 Report Share Posted December 13, 2000 Sharon writes: " I think we all do, and all need to, take in more than 44/56g protein, but our protein loading is also contributing to calcium excretion. I just did a report on this for school---the report was specifically about eliminating dairy products from your diet---but one of the things I found was that animal protein specifically leeches calcium. Animal products are very acidic. The blood stream must balance the acidity by absorbing alkaline minerals-such as calcium-from the bones. Plant based proteins do not have this effect. " Let me get this straight. Take my calcium (citrate) supplements, preferrably at night. Don't take them with my iron and C, which need to be done alone. Drink no dark-colored sodas. Don't do dairy. Do protein. Don't do animal protein. Have I covered all the calcuim bases here? This is one woman who MUST improve her bone density. My surgeon and my rheumatologist agree that I MUST take Fosamax. I cringe, but do it. So far, so good. But my thin bones scare the heck outta me. And I was always a heavy milk drinker, never a big meat eater, and was always heavy. How did I get thin bones? Probably from a sedentary lifestyle, enhanced by 6 years in the wheelchair. Because of the bone fragility, my right knee replacement was not done the " preferred " way. It was glued into place, instead of having a peg bored into the bones. Just being sure I do things as right as we know.... Alice lost 132 so far gained a new knee, and more mobility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 > > Let me get this straight. Take my calcium (citrate) supplements, > preferrably at night. ********** check Don't take them with my iron and C, which need to be > done alone. ************ check Drink no dark-colored sodas. ************ caffeine or carbonation--check Don't do dairy. ************* check, but cuz it'll fatten you up & can't really absorb the calcium or protein from it Do protein. ************ supplement, check > Don't do animal protein. Have I covered all the calcuim bases here? ************* hmm, you could add: don't lose a massive amount of wt OR forfeit the lower portion of your stomach? But what fun would that be? > > This is one woman who MUST improve her bone density. My surgeon and my > rheumatologist agree that I MUST take Fosamax. I cringe, but do it. So > far, so good. But my thin bones scare the heck outta me. And I was always > a heavy milk drinker, never a big meat eater, and was always heavy. *********** me! me! That's ME! How did > I get thin bones? Probably from a sedentary lifestyle, enhanced by 6 years > in the wheelchair. Because of the bone fragility, my right knee replacement > was not done the " preferred " way. It was glued into place, instead of > having a peg bored into the bones. > > Just being sure I do things as right as we know.... > ********** And lots of vit D, dry. I'm also taking Triboron & ipriflavone because the Fasomax is out of the question for me, and looks like the Miaclcin spray isn't much of a choice for me, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 Everything I've read about osteoporosis has mentioned the adverse link of high animal protein ... the issue of course is that we will malabsorb some of the protein in regular foods... so our milage will vary from the normies in the gram counting of protein requirments. >Sharon writes: > " I think we all do, and all need to, take in more than 44/56g protein, but >our protein loading is also contributing to calcium excretion. I just did a >report on this for school---the report was specifically about eliminating >dairy products from your diet---but one of the things I found was that >animal protein specifically leeches calcium. Animal products are very >acidic. The blood stream must balance the acidity by absorbing alkaline >minerals-such as calcium-from the bones. Plant based proteins do not have >this effect. " > >Let me get this straight. Take my calcium (citrate) supplements, >preferrably at night. Don't take them with my iron and C, which need to be >done alone. Drink no dark-colored sodas. Don't do dairy. Do protein. >Don't do animal protein. Have I covered all the calcuim bases here? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 Everything I've read about osteoporosis has mentioned the adverse link of high animal protein ... the issue of course is that we will malabsorb some of the protein in regular foods... so our milage will vary from the normies in the gram counting of protein requirments. >Sharon writes: > " I think we all do, and all need to, take in more than 44/56g protein, but >our protein loading is also contributing to calcium excretion. I just did a >report on this for school---the report was specifically about eliminating >dairy products from your diet---but one of the things I found was that >animal protein specifically leeches calcium. Animal products are very >acidic. The blood stream must balance the acidity by absorbing alkaline >minerals-such as calcium-from the bones. Plant based proteins do not have >this effect. " > >Let me get this straight. Take my calcium (citrate) supplements, >preferrably at night. Don't take them with my iron and C, which need to be >done alone. Drink no dark-colored sodas. Don't do dairy. Do protein. >Don't do animal protein. Have I covered all the calcuim bases here? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 >> Let me get this straight. Take my calcium (citrate) supplements, preferrably at night. ********** check actually citrate should be taken after meals in doses of no more than 500mg. at a time. Don't take them with my iron and C, which need to be done alone. ************ check Drink no dark-colored sodas. ************ caffeine or carbonation--check Don't do dairy. ************* check >> Just being sure I do things as right as we know.... **********And lots of vit D, dry. AND don't forget that your magnesium supplement should be 50% or a 2-to-1 ratio of your calcium. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 >> Let me get this straight. Take my calcium (citrate) supplements, preferrably at night. ********** check actually citrate should be taken after meals in doses of no more than 500mg. at a time. Don't take them with my iron and C, which need to be done alone. ************ check Drink no dark-colored sodas. ************ caffeine or carbonation--check Don't do dairy. ************* check >> Just being sure I do things as right as we know.... **********And lots of vit D, dry. AND don't forget that your magnesium supplement should be 50% or a 2-to-1 ratio of your calcium. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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