Researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, the University of Sheffield Medical School, the International Osteoporosis Foundation, and Oxford University put together the incidence and probability of hip fractures worldwide, as published in the September 2012 issue of Osteoporosis International (21).
If “milk does a body good” as the dairy industry says, and if more calcium = stronger bones, then why, as the study says, do “countries with the higher calcium intakes have the greater hip fracture risk.“
Look at China in green, where dairy and meat have been rare in their diet due to unaffordability as well as preferences. Though that is now changing with the upper middle class, since new found wealth has led to increasingly Westernized diets. Likewise for India.
Is our thinking about osteoporosis being caused by too little calcium wrong? Is something else contributing?
An increasing number of prominent minds in nutrition and science have suggested that our modern Westernized diets likely have something to do with it.
In the Western diet we overdose on acid forming foods, such as meats, dairy, and processed foods. On the other hand, fresh vegetables are alkalizing. This may be one reason why studies have shown that people who eat no meat or diary (or very little of it) tend to have a pH which is more alkaline. Despite the fact that these plant-based dieters may have lower calcium intake, they still have a bone mineral density (BMD) comparable to omnivores (22) (23) (24).
It’s been theorized that that their lower acid load promotes bone health (25) (26). For a couple decades now, there has been quite a bit of research which suggests that those on plant-based diets actually have lower rates of osteoporosis than the general public, which of course goes against the grain of what most people believe (27).
Dr. T. Colin Campbell
Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, has done some of the most extensive studies on this subject matter.
If you’re a cider vinegar fan, you will enjoy his latest book published in 2016 which offers some of the best, easy-to-follow advice on reducing dietary sources of acid: The China Study Solution: The Simple Way to Lose Weight and Reverse Illness, Using a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet.
In conclusion, no one can claim with 100% confidence exactly why acidosis contributes to osteoporosis and other diseases of the musculoskeletal system, but the theory that an alkaline diet may benefit them – although unproven – is at least a promising idea for sure.
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