Re: Calcium Supplements Do not Build Strong Bones.

been there done that,

Whatever your point of view regarding the use of milk, humans are an exception in the natural world for consuming milk past infancy, despite the fact that more than 75% of adult humans who are lactose intolerant, a characteristic that is more prevalent among individuals of African or Asian descent.
The Sugar lactose is found only in milk, forsythia flowers, and a few tropical shrubs.
The enzyme needed to digest lactose, lactase, reaches its highest levels in the small intestines after birth and then begins a slow decline.

T. Colin Campbell, professor emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University, also questions dairy's place in the dietary guidelines. "I like dairy. I grew up on a farm. But one has to look at the facts," he says. "Dairy has been considered a health food, and that's an unfortunate myth."

Campbell's views come from observations he and his colleagues made during a series of nutritional studies that began in 1983 and are collectively known as the China Study. In these studies, Campbell found that Asians, who consume far less dietary calcium than Americans, have one-fifth the bone fracture rate of Americans.

"Those countries that use the most cow's milk and its products also have the highest fracture rates and the worst bone health," Campbell says. He details the results of his work in a new book called "The China Study."

In Asian countries, people can get all the calcium their bodies need from plant sources such as leafy green vegetables, Campbell says.

Americans have weak bones not because they drink too little milk but because they drink too much, Campbell says. Animal protein, such as the protein in milk, makes blood and tissues more acidic, and to neutralize this acid, the body pulls calcium, which is a very effective base, from the bones. Because dairy products contain substantial amounts of animal protein, drinking milk actually robs the bones of calcium, he says. The more meat and milk Americans eat, he says, the more calcium they need to consume to process that protein".
http://www.vegsource.com/video/colin.wmv.htm


AND....a few examples...........
http://rawfooddietsecrets.com/blog/06/dangers-of-milk-52-reasons-to-avoid-dairy/

http://www.rense.com/general26/milk.htm

http://www.essense-of-life.com/moreinfo/linksformilk.htm

http://www.vibrancyuk.com/dairy.html


So there you have it.
The only industry that will tell you that milk is good for you is the Dairy Industry: because they sell the stuff.

It is of course your choice whether to consume milk or not, but I would personally prefer not to be susceptible to the many diseases that are linked to its consumption.

Chrisb1.

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