Did you know that dairy products are good ... but not for everyone ?

Dairy products ... I love them! I speak of milk and its derivatives. Foods rich in calcium, of protein and B vitamins. But beware, not all are good.

Did you know that in the case of disease to bone the best choice is to not take dairy products or derivatives? Well you! Although we have grown up with the belief that milk is good for the bones take preventing osteoporosis, things are a bit’ diverse.

To clarify the question I asked the intervention of Sara Cordara, nutritionist and specialist in food science.

Hello Cynthia, then, I start by saying that it just seems to increase the calcium intake with supplements or dairy products and derivatives does not improve the health of bones and runs instead to create a variety of problems, sometimes even serious. I would call it almost “paradigm of the calcium in milk”.

When we take too much calcium in the diet, this implies a reduced capacity of absorption of magnesium. It's the magnesium that regulates the hormones responsible for bone health. And it is a magnesium deficiency that affects the enzymes that ensure good bone health.

Excess calcium can lead to magnesium deficiency, which in turn reduces the activity of the enzyme phosphatase, essential for the absorption of calcium in the bones. The enzyme phosphatase in milk has been completely destroyed by pasteurization.

This is why bone health is reduced by consuming milk instead of the raw commercial or maternal. For this reason, the marketing of milk has led in all countries, an increase of the phenomenon of bone fractures!