What substance in milk do you need for strong bones and teeth?

Answer 1

There was no one person who is credited with having discovered the theory that milk helps bones get stronger. Early studies linked calcium with stronger bones, and milk is a rich source of calcium.

Answer 2

In 1992, a researcher from Yale University studying animal protein intake and hip fracture rates in 16 countries around the world found that those with the highest meat, fish, egg, and dairy product consumption had the most fractures. In a 12-year Harvard study of 78,000 women, those who drank milk three times a day actually broke more bones than women who rarely drank milk. Similarly, a 1994 study of elderly men and women in Sydney, Australia, showed that higher dairy product consumption, particularly at age 20, was associated with increased fracture risk in old age.

Protein molecules are composed of amino acids, which contain nitrogen and sometimes sulphur. One very important distinction between animal and plant-derived protein is that animal proteins contain very large amounts of the basic element sulfur. This sulfur is found in two of the amino acids, methionine and cysteine. Your body makes other sulfur-containing amino acids from these two primary sulfur-containing amino acids, including keto-methionine, cystine, homocysteine, cystathionine, taurine, and cysteic acid.

Amino acids, as the name implies, are acids. The sulfur-containing amino acids, which are abundant in meat, dairy, and eggs, are the strongest acids of all, because they break down into powerful sulfuric acid. Animal protein causes the acidity of your blood to rise. Your body must neutralize this acid by releasing calcium and other alkaline materials from your bones. Fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, are alkaline, and eating these plant foods helps you easily neutralize acid and preserve your bones. The acidic condition caused by eating meat and dairy also raises cortisol levels. Cortisol is a steroid, and elevated cortisol causes severe chronic bone loss. Hard cheeses, including cheddar and Parmesan, are the most acidifying foods, while spinach is one of the most alkalinizing foods.

After calcium is released from your bones, it moves through your blood stream to your kidneys, where it is eliminated in your urine. Eating animal protein results in a large amount of waste products in your blood. In an effort to remove this overabundance of waste protein, the flow of blood through your kidneys increases, and calcium is filtered out of your body. While your kidneys attempt to return much of this filtered calcium back to your bones, the acid and sulfur-containing amino acids from the animal foods thwart your body's attempts to conserve calcium. In fact, the calcium in your kidneys can form into solid kidney stones. Every 10 grams of animal protein in excess of 30 grams daily increases urinary calcium loss by 16 mg. Doubling animal protein intake increases the loss of calcium in your urine by 50%. Plant protein does not have a detrimental effect on calcium, bone loss, or kidney stones.

Diets high in sodium also increase the loss of calcium in your urine. The standard American diet contains between 4000 and 5000 mg per day. Reducing dietary sodium to 2400 mg or less per day may increase calcium retention by an extra 20 or so mg each day. Meat and dairy are high in sodium, while plants are low in sodium.

Answer 3

you don't actually get strong bones from the milk, it is the calcium that's in the milk.

Answer 4

yeah because is anything that make the teeth soft

Answer 5

It's said to have calcium which enriches the bones but it's actually said as a contradiction that milk from cows actually has an acid that depletes your bones slowly

Answer 6

Calcium