Journal Article on soda/calcium

[Guest guest]

HOW DIET CAN CAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS.

Report #6248 7/24/94

If they live long enough, every women and most men will develop osteoporosis,

a weakening of bones that can lead to fractures. Eating the wrong foods can

cause osteoporosis.

A study from Boston shows that carbonated beverages can cause osteoporosis.

Young girls who drink a lot of carbonated beverages have the weakest and

thinnest bones. Anything that increases the acidity of your blood can weaken

your bones and cause osteoporosis. Carbonated beverages contain carbonic acid

which makes the blood more acidic. Meat, fish and chicken are rich sources of

protein. When you take in more protein than your body needs, your liver

removes nitrogen from the amino acid, protein building blocks to leave

organic acids which make the blood more acidic. To neutralize this acidity,

your bones release calcium which then passes from your body through your

kidneys. As the bones lose calcium, they weaken and can break with minimal

trauma.

If you want to keep your bones strong and protect them from developing

osteoporosis, you need to eat foods that are rich sources of calcium, such as

dairy products and soft boned fish. However, dairy products contain a lot of

protein and some of the extra calcium can be removed from your body by the

extra protein. The dietary factors that cause osteoporosis include not

getting enough calcium as well as eating too much protein as well as drinking

too many soft drinks. Other protective factors include lifting heavy weights

and replacing missing hormones such as estrogen at the menopause.

I'm Dr. Gabe Mirkin on Fitness.

Carbonated Beverages, Dietary Calcium, and Dietary Calcium/ Phosphorus Ratio,

and Bone Fractures in Girls and Boys. Journal of Adolescent Health

1994(May);15(3):210-215. G Wyshak, RE Frisch <A

HREF= " http://www.drmirkin.com/archive/6248.html " >

http://www.drmirkin.com/archive/6248.html</A>

******************************************************************

Thank you from another list for posting this. Very valuable to have 2

local Drs. info supported, ans though I trust my GP totally, we are pretty

small town out here in Western MA.

All in all, my life has been so changed by this surgery, but it has also been

changed by being able to research the surgery on the web before having it,

knowing exactly what I did and did not want, by being able to get info from

the web, by all you people, from these OSSG groups, from drs, hospitals,

Medline, being able to chose specifically which surgery I needed for me.

being able to find out when something was way off afterward, like this rapid

deterioration of my bones, , WHY it was happening..

The info and support I continue to get via the web has been from the start of

my journey, and continues to be, most valuable. Some times its inadvertant,

like Micheles comment a few days ago about the calcium and soda, other times

its pointed and specific to me when I ask for help, like in October when I

was going through my one year crisis.

Yes, I know its also a matter of being able to be able to pick and chose the

good from the bad, the accurate info from the inaccurate, but somehow all

those ugly grad courses, like stats and research methods I had to take came

to haunt me, just like high school elementary algebra and the Crusades, it

came in handy eventually.

To all the locals who wonder and inquire where I am, thanks for asking, Im

here, and, as always, continue to get great support and learn more and more

about the ups and downs of WLS via the net. I will continue to pass it on to

you if you want it. And to those of you who dont want it...just delete the

mail that comes from me.

And try to drink a little less soda guys, huh?

:)Adria