Comments on: Dear Mark: Calcium for Women http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:19:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Monday 9th November 2009- Day 15 FFF (CFC Nutrition Challenge) « crossfitcrew.com http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-473077 Monday 9th November 2009- Day 15 FFF (CFC Nutrition Challenge) « crossfitcrew.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:33:45 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-473077 [...] What?! No dairy?! But where are you getting your calcium from?! [...] [...] What?! No dairy?! But where are you getting your calcium from?! [...]

]]> By: Hart http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-397488 Hart Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:22:17 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-397488 quitting dairy cleared up my allergies and asthma. i'm now asked "where do you get your calcium then?". i eat a lot of the foods leafy greens, nuts, broccoli and wild salmon... but honestly i've never really worried about it. this post was awesome.. thanks mark! quitting dairy cleared up my allergies and asthma. i’m now asked “where do you get your calcium then?”. i eat a lot of the foods leafy greens, nuts, broccoli and wild salmon… but honestly i’ve never really worried about it.

this post was awesome.. thanks mark!

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-393853 Jacqueline Fri, 29 May 2009 03:43:48 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-393853 Great post and thanks for tailoring PB diet info specifically for women. @Jeff, here are a few articles that helped me better understand acid-alkaline balance (in my case, especially how it related to bone health): <a href="http://www.betterbones.com/alkalinebalance/phbalanceandbones.aspx" rel="nofollow">pH and bones: the science</a> <a href="http://www.betterbones.com/alkalinebalance/acidformingfoods.aspx" rel="nofollow">ACID-FORMING FOODS</a> <a href="http://www.betterbones.com/alkalinebalance/alkalineformingfoods.aspx" rel="nofollow">ALKALINE-FORMING FOODS</a> Great post and thanks for tailoring PB diet info specifically for women. @Jeff, here are a few articles that helped me better understand acid-alkaline balance (in my case, especially how it related to bone health):
pH and bones: the science

ACID-FORMING FOODS
ALKALINE-FORMING FOODS

]]> By: Milemom http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-383302 Milemom Mon, 11 May 2009 22:06:27 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-383302 I remember learning that a large protein consumption leeches calcium from the bones... and that is why americans have such high incidence of osteoporosis...and why certain tribal people (ie who DON'T have high protein) can have strong bones w. a very low calcium intake. Nutrition is still murky. I remember learning that a large protein consumption leeches calcium from the bones… and that is why americans have such high incidence of osteoporosis…and why certain tribal people (ie who DON’T have high protein) can have strong bones w. a very low calcium intake. Nutrition is still murky.

]]> By: Seth http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-381216 Seth Sat, 09 May 2009 12:32:20 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-381216 Calcium is not used to counteract acidity. Ca2+ simply cannot do so in any way. Increased calcium excretion is a byproduct of hydroxylapatite (main mineral in bones and teeth) catabolism. The "active" substance liberated from hydroxylapatite by the body is phosphate which is used as a pH buffer, calcium is only its counterion. You can counteract "acidic foods" by eating more phosphate (dairy, meat, eggs and organs contain a lot of it) or (bi)carbonate (fruits and vegetables). Besides even without phosphate, healthy kidneys can excrete protons indirectly by ammoniogenesis main substrate being glutamine (an aminoacid readily formed from other aminoacids in the liver). The acid-alkaline food theory is mostly useless when it comes to a healthy person with healthy kidneys and liver eating mostly unprocessed foods. Living on fractionated protein powders may cause excessive bone mass loss through this mechanism but this is an extreme example having little in common with normal eating habits. Calcium is not used to counteract acidity. Ca2+ simply cannot do so in any way. Increased calcium excretion is a byproduct of hydroxylapatite (main mineral in bones and teeth) catabolism. The “active” substance liberated from hydroxylapatite by the body is phosphate which is used as a pH buffer, calcium is only its counterion. You can counteract “acidic foods” by eating more phosphate (dairy, meat, eggs and organs contain a lot of it) or (bi)carbonate (fruits and vegetables). Besides even without phosphate, healthy kidneys can excrete protons indirectly by ammoniogenesis main substrate being glutamine (an aminoacid readily formed from other aminoacids in the liver). The acid-alkaline food theory is mostly useless when it comes to a healthy person with healthy kidneys and liver eating mostly unprocessed foods. Living on fractionated protein powders may cause excessive bone mass loss through this mechanism but this is an extreme example having little in common with normal eating habits.

]]> By: CrossFit Austin | South Austin’s Favorite Spot for CrossFit » WOD 5/7 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-379809 CrossFit Austin | South Austin’s Favorite Spot for CrossFit » WOD 5/7 Thu, 07 May 2009 15:04:20 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-379809 [...] Calcium [...] [...] Calcium [...]

]]> By: Harrie http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-379699 Harrie Thu, 07 May 2009 11:04:16 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-379699 Very informative article. Thank you for writing it. Very informative article. Thank you for writing it.

]]> By: Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-377573 Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet Tue, 05 May 2009 16:24:28 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-377573 oops! I meant "we don't need dairy" :-) oops! I meant “we don’t need dairy” :-)

]]> By: Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-377572 Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet Tue, 05 May 2009 16:23:55 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-377572 As a dairy free family, we drink a lot of homemade bone broths for calcium and other minerals. It's a delicious way to get calcium in, especially when made into soups. By the way, part of the reason that Americans can consume large amounts of diary and still have bone problems is because their milk is pasteurized which adversely effects calcium absorbency. Raw milk is considered PH neutral by many (so it won't have the acidic effects of pasteurized milk), and it's calcium is also much easier to absorb. But I agree, we don't need diary for calcium. As a dairy free family, we drink a lot of homemade bone broths for calcium and other minerals. It’s a delicious way to get calcium in, especially when made into soups.

By the way, part of the reason that Americans can consume large amounts of diary and still have bone problems is because their milk is pasteurized which adversely effects calcium absorbency. Raw milk is considered PH neutral by many (so it won’t have the acidic effects of pasteurized milk), and it’s calcium is also much easier to absorb.

But I agree, we don’t need diary for calcium.

]]> By: Meese http://www.marksdailyapple.com/calcium-for-women/#comment-376713 Meese Tue, 05 May 2009 02:27:11 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3756#comment-376713 Question: is decaf coffee as bad as or worse than regular coffee as it relates to calcium being leeched from the bones to marvelously buffer the blood? Question: is decaf coffee as bad as or worse than regular coffee as it relates to calcium being leeched from the bones to marvelously buffer the blood?

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