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Anibal5 · 05-08-2005, 03:46 AM

ChasingAmy says;
There are reports surfacing showing that high protein diets ie. Atkins can cause osteoporosis later on in life. Has to do with the process your body use to break down protein.

These are misleading and inflammatory at best. Protein byproducts are acidic and acidic blood has many effects, one being demineralisation of bone. This is invivo(testtube). In the body the process is much more complex and well regulated. You can google and find carbonic acid intake (carbonated drinks) giving an acidosis (claimed) that will achieve the same thing (claimed) in no well proven time-frame.

"The more protein in your diet, the more calcium you lose in your urine. Because your bones are your largest source of stored calcium, there are concerns that the amount of protein eaten by people following the Atkins Diet (or any low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet) will increase the risk of osteoporosis."

If we assume the first is true, then when does the Osteoporosis occur? How much "later" in life? How is this dependant (if at all) on genetic predisposition to osteoporosis?

On a side note my friend who has his Post-Doctorate in Biology was also saying its funny how people consume dairy products to increase their calcium intake... there really is no net calcium in your body after b/c of the protein in the dairy products!

Ask your friend how we end up with bones at all. How often do you consume dairy type calcium without the simultaneous ingestion of protein? The bones of the entire body are on average rebuild completely every 6 months. So we cant assume a perfect recycling or why would we need to ingest calcium at all. So how do we get any calcium out of our colons? How do breast fed babies double their bodyweight and subsequent bone structure in the first 6 months of life on a diet of water and breast milk?

Ask your friend the specific effects of direct stress (i.e. gravity) and hormonal interaction on Ca++ uptake, also how this changes over the lifetime.

05-08-2005, 03:46 AM	#51 (permalink)
Anibal5 Tilted Location: Brisbane Australia	ChasingAmy says; There are reports surfacing showing that high protein diets ie. Atkins can cause osteoporosis later on in life. Has to do with the process your body use to break down protein. These are misleading and inflammatory at best. Protein byproducts are acidic and acidic blood has many effects, one being demineralisation of bone. This is invivo(testtube). In the body the process is much more complex and well regulated. You can google and find carbonic acid intake (carbonated drinks) giving an acidosis (claimed) that will achieve the same thing (claimed) in no well proven time-frame. "The more protein in your diet, the more calcium you lose in your urine. Because your bones are your largest source of stored calcium, there are concerns that the amount of protein eaten by people following the Atkins Diet (or any low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet) will increase the risk of osteoporosis." If we assume the first is true, then when does the Osteoporosis occur? How much "later" in life? How is this dependant (if at all) on genetic predisposition to osteoporosis? On a side note my friend who has his Post-Doctorate in Biology was also saying its funny how people consume dairy products to increase their calcium intake... there really is no net calcium in your body after b/c of the protein in the dairy products! Ask your friend how we end up with bones at all. How often do you consume dairy type calcium without the simultaneous ingestion of protein? The bones of the entire body are on average rebuild completely every 6 months. So we cant assume a perfect recycling or why would we need to ingest calcium at all. So how do we get any calcium out of our colons? How do breast fed babies double their bodyweight and subsequent bone structure in the first 6 months of life on a diet of water and breast milk? Ask your friend the specific effects of direct stress (i.e. gravity) and hormonal interaction on Ca++ uptake, also how this changes over the lifetime. __________________ Forgiveness is like the fragrance a flower gives after it's been stepped on. Last edited by Anibal5; 05-08-2005 at 03:48 AM..