http://healthrecipes.com/osteoporosis.htm

There are two main varieties of acid/alkaline lists of foods.

Dr Codain uses PRAL method to measure and assess whether a food is acid or alkaline and so does all of the published research I’ve found.

The other variant comes from Dr Robert Young who wrote and published “The pH Miracle”. He says the PRAL method is insufficient because it fails to take into account the sugar content of food. His opinion is that sugar of all sorts is acidifying which is why most fruits are listed as acidic. He bases all of this on his live and dry blood analysis although I’ve not been able to find anything on this in the peer reviewed literature.

Dr Young’s list is widely available on the net because it’s advocated by Energise For Life.

I’ve been looking into it for a while now and can’t decide whether it’s legit or not so I run with the PRAL method until I see something that convinces me otherwise.

Hope this helps!

M@ is well informed – mentioned “phytates? ”
The amount of vitamin d that can be obtained from food is tiny. (halibut liver oil is hardly Paleo).

What were vitamin D levels in the Paleolithic ? Mad dogs and ….

Thanks yr time and yr knowledge

All I would recommend is trying a simple digestive aid like Nowfoods:Super enzymes. Start with 1 cap per meal, see how you feel. It contains betaine HCl so it increases stomach acid. That considered you need to take it with meals that have protein like chicken, fish etc (this should be all your meal anyway!). This should help with the veggies digestion, you can also steam your veggies pretty thoroughly to help the digestion. Keep us posted!

Now, all that said, there are things like the olympic lifts that produce a heck of an endocrine response, but require some repetitious effort to attain some mastery…but simply changing work/rest intervals, loading etc will keep that scene fresh. What this means for our physiques is a better running metabolism, more muscle building, less muscle wasting, more fat used as fuel. In theory!

One other thing the dairy advertisers aren’t telling us is that magnesium and vitamin D are at least as important as calcium in building bone. And since most of us are vitamin D deficient…

Cheers Robb
Scott Kustes
Life Spotlight

Our bones are like life — the strongest are CROSSLINKED… connected…

Fosamax yea may increase density (but who wants ‘dense’ as you said it so well during your CF nutri cert… small/dense LDL-chol particles are NOT desired… and neither are ‘dense’ skeletal structures)… bones actually will become more brittle in one direction v. another without cross-connections (and yes — fosamax taken >5-10yrs is now being observed to do indeed i-n-c-r-e-a-s-e fractures). Maximal bone strength derives from multi-direction-strengthening, extended-enforcements (eg, earthquake-proofing), multi-rebarred linking formed by the factors that Paleo H-G man consumed…and weight-beared via work/ HIT-hunting/ foraging/ fishing/ etc…
–fat soluble vitamins ADEK (u and Nicki doing the ‘D’ right oh?)
–vitamin K2 from fermented foods — like the Probiotics u like
–omega-3′s EPA DHA GLA and ALA — yes studies are showing Sears is right on — long chain omega’s are vitally important for BONE REMODELLING
–other fats, CLA, saturated fats (caprylic acid, MCTs, etc like coconut oil, grassfed meat, wild fowl/seafood… Lisbona F. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1989;59(3):255-61.), etc
–adequate protein (bone marrow excellent — for stem cells and growth factors)
–iron Fe and other minerals Magnesium, Boron, Selenium, etc…

Crossfit to me… is like the ultimate CROSSLINKING for l-i-f-e

*haa* And Patrone’s doesn’t hurt…right?

Thanks!! G

The differences in the numbers are due to many factors such as the method employed (direct, indirect, acid-ash diet calculation), the quantity of food that was used to make the measurement (100g or 300Kcal), and whether or not the bioavailability of nutrients were taken into account. The numbers found on Dr. Cordain’s site come from a 1995 study that directly measured net acid excretion via titration of urine samples. As a result, the numbers are a little better than what can be obtained using other methods. I say “a little better” because there are a number of approximations and assumptions that are involved in these calculations.

Senor Taubes suggested some of his pals believed this.

You know all this kinda stuff…any ideas please ?

Also any rough idea when you’re in Vancouver please ?
I know this place that serves very wonderful lamb and reasonably priced despite the owner having a temperament better suited to being in charge of a CIA torture facility.

All good things lad.

x(manly, not Greek up the chuff..ok ok maybe just a tadge !)

Just started following your blog and I am really impressed with the quality. I like to dork it up once in a while and appreciate your commitment to the collective.

This post raised a few questions for me. You made a comment and linked to a study/secondary analysis that Ca+ supplementation leads to cardiovascular issues. A little do diligence and I’ve come to the conclusion that all good scientists come to; further research is needed. Seems like a small study (~1500), nearly half the women bailed, and the researchers admit its not conclusive. I was able to find some other larger studies drawing opposite conclusions (although in unhealthy individuals). I am curious if your aware of any other research to support link to adverse events? Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to call you out. I’ll be the first one to line up and advocate getting my Ca+ from whole food sources! I love my greens! I just want to have a solid foundation to recommend people stop taking their supplements when I know they aren’t willing to change the diet enough.

Thanks!

You are an incredibly generous human being. What great information, and I really appreciate your concision. Rather than going off on all kinds of scientific tangents, you get to the point and provide practical application advice.

These issues become more and more important to me and my wife as we grow more. . . seasoned (ahem) at this life-gig.

“There are two major causes, one is a high carbohydrate diet which causes hyperinsulinemia. People walking around with hyperinsulinemia can take all the calcium they want by mouth and it’s all going to go out in their urine.”

“You take a bunch of calcium. The medical profession just assumes that it has a homing device and it knows to go into your bone. What happens if you high levels of insulin and you take a bunch of calcium. Number one, most of it is just going to go out in your urine. You would be lucky if that were the case because that part which doesn’t does not have the instructions to go to your bone because the anabolic hormones aren’t working.”

“This is first of all because of insulin, then because of the IGF’s from growth hormone, also testosterone and progesterone, they are all controlled by insulin and when they are insulin resistant they can’t listen to any of the anabolic hormones. So your body doesn’t know how to build tissue anymore, so some of the calcium may end up in your bone, but a good deal of it will end up everywhere else.”

This is all from an article about insulin and its metabolic effects by Ron Rosedale and can be found here: http://drbass.com/rosedale2.html

Thank you humbly for a great lesson. Just when I thought I knew just enough to shed some light on the subject at hand, I get handed a hefty dosage of humble pie. I love it.

G

thanks for all the FREE info and being such a great asset to the community and myself I had the pleasure of attending your nut. cert in Chico last year & it literally changed my life and those around me. My Q is, I have a mother who is about 72 that lives about an hour away from ya she has adopted a full paleo diet since I attended your cert. last year She’s doing awesome but her Dr. Is a freackin moron she’s had High BP and has been on a cpl meds for the past 30+ yrs, she is very hesitant to get off them without the recomendation of a Dr but her weenie Dr. views her as just another # and doesn’t understand the idea of people changing for the better and not having to rely on big pharm…The doc actually suggested oatmeal instead of brocc for breakfast!! So do you have any recommendations of any Dr’s in the area(or as clients) that see more eye to eye with our way living, eating and moving our bodies…anything would help …thanks again

Chechi