The Curative Effect of a High-Calcium Diet on Senile Osteoporosis
- 1 July 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 77 (3) , 299-302
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/77.3.299
Abstract
Long-term calcium-deficient diets produced osteoporosis in rats, which was characterized by chemical, roentgenographic and microradiographic studies. A normally mineralized skeleton could be restored by feeding a dietary supplement of simulated nonprotein milk solids containing calcium phosphate. These observations suggest that osteoporosis in humans may result from long-term negative calcium balance and that calcium phosphate supplements in the diet may be used to cure the condition.Keywords
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