What's breaking your kids bones?

Could you imagine if your nine your old broke his arm, and upon visiting the doctor you found out he had osteoporosis? Impossible, you say. Osteoporosis only affects older adults. Not anymore.

Calcium deficiency in US kids as at an all-time high. A study comparing the residents of Rochester, Minnesota from 1999-2001 with those of 1969 to 1971, found a 42 percent increase in broken arms, and the biggest jump was among kids ages 8-14. “Kids are more calcium-deficient than ever before,” says Sundeep Khosla, M.D., professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, in Rochester, and the study’s lead researcher. (Parents Mag, pg 42, March 2007).

The article continues to give reasons why this is happening: too much soda and juice, not as much exercise, lactose intolerance. Good theories, and all probably do contribute to the problem. But there is one MAJOR cause that is glaringly overlooked.

Soy.

Tucked neatly away on the third page, the article mentions that when children are lactose intolerant, parents will often supplement with soy, which has no calcium. They recommend giving calcium supplements if this is the case with your child. What amazes me is that soy isn’t on the first page; heck, in the title, as the main cause of this disease!

To me, it’s so obvious that the recent popularity and huge increase in soy consumption is the number cause of calcium-deficient kids! Parents are duped into thinking that soy is healthier, so they give soy formula, soy yogurt, soy ice cream, the list goes on. Lactose intolerance is also on the rise, and instead of finding other milk alternatives, (i.e. goat’s milk) like people used to do, soy becomes the easy solution.

Did you know the FDA has never approved soy for human consumption? Did you also know that soy contains very harmful toxins and has been linked to a number of life threatening diseases? Please check out www.soyonlineservice.co.nz to read the truth about soy and what it can do to you and your children. Don’t blow this off as some silly conspiracy theory until you read this site. It’s worth the 15 minutes.

It saddens me that this research in Rochester didn’t include soy, and I wonder why it didn’t, especially when it seems so obvious. Was it intentionally left out? Check out the website above and decide for yourself. Most parents will read the magazine article, maybe cut down on soda, and never think twice about that organic Silk Soymilk in their fridge. What a shame.