I agree. Our body seems to be geared to 'expect' a certain amount of calcium/magnesium with each meal. This isn't really surprising, since humans seem to have eaten stuff like whole baby fish, shrimp, insects, small bones, or dairy, for most of history. The "modern diet" appears to be uniquely lacking in cal/mag ... we got rid of the bones in an era when we ate a lot of dairy, but now we aren't eating the dairy either.
I would also point out that mammals who eat a lot of meat ... like dogs ... also require calcium, and tend to sit and gnaw on bones whenever they can. Animals like coyotes and bobcats typically eat their prey whole, and there is LOTS of calcium available to process the meat. But if you eat the meat without the calcium ... yes, the calcium gets leached from your bones.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:01 AM, RickS <rstewart@iaff.org> wrote:
The problem is, your body requires calcium and other minerals to de-acidify and alkalinize itself. If your intake is too low, your body will take it from your bones. Calcium is also essential for proper nerve and endocrine function. So the goal is just to make sure you have enough serum calcium circulating so that your body doesn't have to remove it from your bones. Calcium is so vital to health that it's tightly regulated in the body to about 1% of the total calcium in your body. If your body falls below that 1% it WILL get it from either your intestines or your bones. No bones about it. :)
-Rick
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