Not only that, but eating dairy is the leading cause of osteoporosis in women and casein, the primary protein found in dairy products, has been shown in studies by Dr. T. Colin Campbell to cause cancer when consumption of casein exceeds 20% of total dietary intake.
Eating meat and dairy puts your body into an acidic state. Once that happens, your body starts to leach calcium from its bones in order to neutralize the body's acidity. Bam - osteoporosis!
BS. If we ate no dairy at all, then our body would have to tap into our bones for calcium (which is required for a good majority of cellular functions). The idea is to keep Ca2+ intake high enough so that we don't trigger a lot of osteoclast activity. Dairy products are definitely not the "leading cause" of osteoporosis.
And milk's pH is 6.6. Slightly acidic, but hardly enough to cause any real issues in any real quantities. Drinking water has a pH as low as 5.5 in many cases
The pH of specific proteins by themselves is fairly meaningless. Our bodies are pretty good at breaking down proteins into individual amino acids. Many essential proteins are highly acidic, and many are rather basic. Of course many are also right around physiological pH of ~7.2
Casein by itself may very well be linked to cancer, but there are other substances in milk that seem to have anti cancer properties. Even with a dairy enriched diet, we likely do not get enough on a daily basis to have any real concerns about cancer.
Osteoporosis for the most part will come down to the hormonal changes a woman goes through by menopause. A low calcium and low vitamin D intake compounds the problem more. And you're also more likely to lose your bones if you don't exercise.
Did you know that 100% of the people who die in the US all have heart disease, but in various different stages, according to Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn? Does that mean we should not eat healthy and do everything within our power to NOT get heart disease?
Again, pretty much a load of crap. No real scientist would say anything is 100%. And pretty much no matter what you do, your vascular health at 80 will not be the same as it was when you were 18. Things do wear out.
And one does not have to follow a vegan diet to maintain good CV health. It really comes down to not eating meat in *excess* and maintaining a healthy lifestyle (excercize, etc..) - the fact is many meat eaters live full lives without having cardiac episodes. That's about as much as we can ask for.
Drinking alcohol does not cause cancer and most people do not drink in such excess as to cause damage to their livers. You are equating your smoking to an alcoholic who damages his liver. Except that alcoholism is a clinical condition, it's a disease. You are not suffering from a disease (yet), just an addiction. You are willingly doing this to yourself, an alcoholic can't help themselves.
Pretty much all physical addictions function by the same mechanism. A smoker is just as helpless as an alcoholic. And just like an alcoholic, someone who has successfully quit will be instantly hooked if they take even one hit.
Please learn a thing or two before spouting out propaganda. The vegan diet isn't perfect either. B12 deficiency is a real issue. It is easy enough to take B12 supplements agreed, but that in itself proves that the vegan diet is *not* "natural" for human beings despite what many suggest. And if vegan supplements did not also include calcium, there would be pretty significant osteoporosis issues among vegans.
