On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:29:42 -0800, Jay Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Within reason, getting fewer calories is better for health in general.  Far
>better.
>
>In my experience (25 years, lots of children) I have seen very few babies,
>toddlers and children who get inadequate nutrition as a result of being
>dairy-free.  I have seen countless hundreds of children overweight in large
>part because they drink milk and eat cheese.
>
<snip>
>And, yes, a high salty, high protein diet causes osteoporosis more surely
>than a low calcium diet does.
>
>Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

In addition, drinking lots of soda pop, as many teens do, depletes
calcium.  Add to that a sedentary life-style (sitting for hours playing
video games) and you're going to have problems (stronger muscles help
toward stronger bones).

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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