“This recommendation is based on the idea that a significant consumption of dairy products guarantees a substantial supply of calcium, an element of which our bones are made and which they absolutely need to renew themselves and not to crumble over time, analyzes Florence Piquet. However, the process is much more subtle than that. There is no point in adding massive amounts of calcium if certain conditions are not met in our body. “
Many other dietary factors are indeed likely to decrease the assimilation of calcium. Thus, an acidifying diet is at the origin of a chronic acidosis of the organism which favors the leakage of calcium in the urine. Ditto for excessive salt intake. A pro-inflammatory diet will, for its part, stimulate the production of destructive cells of thebone, promotingosteoporosis.
To limit the risk, rather than gorging on dairy products (which are mostly acidifying), it is therefore better to adopt a global hygiene that will allow the good management of calcium within our body. That is to say…
– Consume 1 dairy product per day, possibly 2 for pleasure.
– Focus on other sources of calcium, which alkalize them: vegetables (spinach in particular), nuts, seeds …
– Fight against chronic acidosis by favoring an alkalizing diet.
– Favor antioxidant foods that protect the bones.
– Pay attention to your salt consumption and in particular salt hidden in industrial foods.
– Choose the right fatty acids to avoid inflammation.
– Regularly expose yourself to the sun in order to synthesize vitamin D, essential for fixing calcium on the bones. Possibly take supplementation.
– Practice regular physical activity, because bone is a living tissue that is constantly being destroyed and rebuilt. However, by putting the bone under tension, physical activity calls for this reconstruction process.
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