Live Right Live Well: Health & Fitness Are You Overdosing on
Dairy? By Densie Webb for Live Right Live Well Everyone knows
calcium-rich dairy foods are important for building strong bones
and protecting against osteoporosis. Right? Wrong, says Amy Joy
Lanou, an assistant professor of health and wellness at the
University of North Carolina at Asheville and the co-author of
the new book Building Bone Vitality. After poring over more than
1,200 studies conducted during the past 30 years, Lanou and co-
author Michael Castleman concluded that dairy foods and other
high-protein animal foods actually contribute to osteoporosis by
triggering calcium loss from bones. The real causes of
osteoporosis, they say, are eating too much animal protein --
including dairy foods -- and not enough fruits and vegetables.
The Bone Vitality Theory Your body vigilantly maintains a tight
balance of acid and alkaline compounds in the blood. Proteins
are made up of compounds called amino acids. Load up on amino
acids and your body siphon