Milk Builds WEAKER Bones… Is It Possible?

Milk Builds WEAKER Bones… Is It Possible?

“Drink milk!  It does a body good, and it builds strong bones”… or does it?

For over 50 years milk has been pitched as a wonder food whose calcium is the only protection we need against weak bones.  Yet, Americans have one of the world’s highest calcium intakes, but still suffer from one of the world’s highest rates of osteoporosis.  How is that possible?  Take a look at these statistics, and decide for yourself…

African women in the United States eat at least four times more calcium than African women in Africa, and have nine times more osteoporosis.  Asian women in the United States eat at least 60% more calcium than Asian women in Asia, and have three times more osteoporosis.  Calcium consumption in Hong Kong and Greece doubled in the last 30 years, and the rate of osteoporosis tripled in Hong Kong, and more than doubled in Greece.

Post-menopausal women in America who consume calcium rich dairy products have over three times more osteoporosis than those who do not. The Harvard Nurses Study and a similar study done by the dairy industry found that the more dairy products we consume the more bone we lose.

Another study concluded that women who drank two or more glasses of milk per day increased their risk of fractures compared with women who drank less than one glass per week, and that consumption of yogurt, cheese and other dairy products also increased the risk of fractures. This is because milk products have about 10 times more calcium than magnesium.

Rates of osteoporosis are lowest in cultures where the ratio of calcium to magnesium is between 2 parts calcium to 3 parts magnesium, down to as much as 3 parts calcium to 2 parts magnesium. The ratio of calcium to magnesium in dairy products is 10:1, way too high.

In nations with high rates of osteoporosis, the ratio of total calcium to magnesium intake is at least 2:1, usually over 3:1.  For example…

- The South African population has a healthy ratio of 2 parts calcium to 3 parts magnesium in the average diet, and has an osteoporosis rate of 7 / 1000 people.
- In the USA, the ratio is 4 parts calcium to 1 part magnesium and the osteoporosis rate is 144/ 1000 people.
- In dairy-loving Switzerland, the ratio is 5.5 parts calcium to 1 part magnesium and the rate is 188/ 1000 people.

Sorry milk lovers, but you need to hear the other side of the story.  The truth is… drinking milk, maintaining a diet high in other forms of dairy, and “remaining in the dark” is only going to quicken the onset of bone loss in your future.  This is merely a tidbit of knowledge about osteoporosis that I am going to share with you.  On April 29th I will expose even greater truths about osteoporosis and its many myths.  Unfortunately, I won’t have time during this event to talk about what you just read… so pass it on.

I have created a NEW informational Osteoporsis Website that you can view, email, forward, etc.  Please CLICK HERE to access the website and the PDF Flyer for the seminar.  Again, you can forward this seminar information to anyone – Please do!!!

Osteoporosis and Health… KNOWLEDGE = THE POWER TO CHANGE!

Speak up and educate others,

Dr. Craig Burns