Keyword "bone health"

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  • Role of Protein in Bone Health

    In a review paper by renowned bone health expert Robert P. Heaney and protein metabolism expert Donald K. Layman, the evidence related to protein and bone health was examined: Loss of bone mass (osteopenia) and loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) that occur with age are closely...

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  • Synopsis: Bone Health and Osteoporosis

    Milk product consumption is recognized as a key factor in bone health and in the prevention of osteoporosis. There is very good evidence that calcium and vitamin D, two essential components of milk, play important roles with respect to attaining peak bone mass and preventing osteoporosis...

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  • Protein and Bone Health

    While calcium and vitamin D are well recognized for their role in the prevention of osteoporosis, the impact of dietary protein on bone health is less well understood. A well-accepted hypothesis holds that high-protein diets are possibly/potentially detrimental to bone because they...

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  • Role of Other Nutrients in Bone Health

    Nutrients other than calcium and vitamin D that have been implicated in bone health are outlined in Table 2.

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  • Role of Calcium Supplements in Bone Health

    Several studies have demonstrated that milk products are superior to calcium supplements alone, likely due to the role of other nutrients found in milk products that have also been shown to be important for bone health. Only one head-to-head study has addressed the role of calcium...

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  • Role of Vitamin D in Bone Health

    In a meta-analysis published in 2009, the impact of vitamin D supplements in preventing nonvertebral and hip fractures among older individuals (65 years and older) was evaluated: The studies included 12 double-blind randomized controlled trials for nonvertebral fractures (n= 42,279) and 8...

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  • Bone Health: Studies in Children and Adolescents

    A meta-analysis published in 2008 of 21 randomized controlled trials consisting of 3,821 children aged 4 to 17 years (82% of whom were female) on the role of milk products and dietary calcium on bone mineral content in children revealed a number of benefits: Among studies of children with...

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  • Bone Health: Studies in Adults and the Elderly

    Data from NHANES III was used to determine whether milk intake during childhood and adolescence, when controlled for current calcium intake, was associated with adult bone mineral content, bone mineral density, and the incidence of osteoporotic fractures in 3,251 non-Hispanic white women...

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  • Milk Products and Bone Health: Potential Mechanisms

    A review of potential mechanisms for calcium and vitamin D in bone health are outlined as follows: 1

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  • The alkaline diet, the acid-ash hypothesis and bone health

    Numerous webpages, books for lay persons, and alternative health practitioners espouse that diets favouring protein foods (especially meat and dairy products) and grains produce excess acid, such as phosphate, that must be buffered. They claim that this buffering mobilizes bone mineral...

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