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April 5, 2007, 8:48 am PDT
 Quote From: valordave If you want to prevent or slow down bone density loss, one of the best things you can do is eliminate acidic foods, particularly soda pop. Your blood must maintain a certain slightly alkaline PH and it will take calcium from your bones to bufer the acidity in your blood caused by the typical American diet. Food that are acidic: most grains, all proteins, fats, sugars and some fruits. Alkaline foods: nearly all vegetables, some fruits some dairy products. Soda pop is very acidic and studies show decreased bone density in people who consume a lot of sodas. Foods that are very alkaline are ginger, garlic, deep green vegetables and citrus fruits. Anyone can research this but the short version is a diet that is 50 to 80% alkaline producing foods will help you in every possible way. Hi and thanks so much for the tips.
I don't drink ANY soda at all. Of course I eat whole grains and when I mean whole grains, I don't mean anything from the store. I get my wheat from a farmer here and grind the wheat myself. Protein...well, we all need protein to live and my protein comes from beans and TVP. I eat NO refined sugar...only sucanant which is a whole food. I eat a good amount of ginger, garlic and deep green veggies and some citrus fruits. My diet is an extremely low fat diet...I've been a vegetarian for 17 years or so.
I appreciate your input, but I doubt diet contributes much to my bone loss. Bone loss after age 35 is a normal process and I believe since I am sooo small to begin with, that my "scores" are lower than the "average" size person at a baseline. Because I have maintained my bone density (+/- .01) over the last 6 years just by lifting weights tells me the new bone I'm making (by weight bearing exercise) is at least happening at the same rate as the loss so altho I'd like the new bone to be a little faster than the rate of loss, I can be thankful for at least an equal ratio of loss to new bone.
Thanks again for your input. It is also possible that there is a secondary reason for my bone loss. No doctor wants to go there. I guess it's just too much trouble for anyone to consider. They just want to medicate. They aren't interested in really finding out the core reason...they just want to treat the symptom. A sad and lazy approach I must say.
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