During my previous post in Daily Products and Calcium, i have mentioned that EXTRA calcium intake didn't help any bones growth.

Perhaps most important of all, you should understand that osteoporosis is not a condition of inadequate calcium intake.
Rather, it is a condition of overly rapid calcium loss.

Well, there are 3 main factors which in particular,accelerate calcium losses. Without calcium in our bodies, we have not power to against osteoporosis:

1) Sodium (salt) accelerates the passage of calcium through the kidneys
into the urine. Therefore, we need to reduce sodium intake in our bodies,
this can be done by avoid adding salt in cooking or at the table.
Beside that, you need to be careful about canned foods and snack products made
with added sodium.

2) Animal protein is high in sulfur-containing amino acids, which tend to leach
calcium from the bones and send it through the kidneys into the urine. Replace
animal protein with vegetables protein.

3) Avoid smoking because smoking will cause rapid calcium losses.


If you has one of those followers as above, then you need to recover your calcium asap, otherwise you will become one of million osteoporosis patients.

I will post some recommended healthiest calcium source in my next post. :)

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Some alternative foods source (usually plants) that you can find in nature, can use to replace meal diets to obtains some or more nutrients.

For example: green leafy vegetables and legumes (beans, peas, and lentils) contain calcium, and are also rich in fiber and other nutrients that protect against cancer.

You'll also find plenty of calcium in supplements like fortified soy milk. Calcium-fortified juices are now widely available in market. However, it is important to remember that increased calcium intake may be one of the reasons why milk is linked to prostate cancer (because high calcium intakes interfere with vitamin D activation).
You can find more info in Prostate Cancer post.

Therefore, you should be consider equally cautious about any product that is extremely high in calcium (like fortified foods or supplements). In my suggestion,
green leafy vegetables and beans are your best calcium sources. They have adequate
calcium, but not excessive amounts. :)

We need calcium to preventing the bone-thinning condition or osteoporosis.
However, dairy industry has pushed drinking milk as calcium sources for preventing osteoporosis, but studies show that the strategy is largely useless.

Let me explain in more details regarding my fact from medical source:
"Researchers at Pennsylvania State University found that, in girls in their
peak bone-building years (ages 12 to 18). Getting extra calcium made no difference at all in bone growth. Exercise worked very well to foster bone growth, but extra calcium did not.

Similarly, in the Nurses?Health Study,a group of nearly 78,000 women followed for 12 years showed that dairy calcium didn't help bone strength at all.
Women who got the most calcium from dairy sources actually had nearly double the hip fracture rates, compared to those who got little or no dairy calcium."


So, my question is,
How do I protect my bones? Does i has any alternatives to replace milk as calcium source?

Well, here are the answers to you:

1) Exercise:
Exercise strengthens bones noticeably.

2) Vitamin D:
From sunlight or vitamin supplements ?helps keep bones strong.

3) Fruits and vegetables provide vitamin C to build collagen, which forms the
basic network of tissue within your bones.

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