milk

[Wuzzy]

Vivienne wrote,

>Because of my husband's new diagnosis of low haemoglobin
>caused by
iron
>deficiency and osteoporosis of the spine, I have been
>spending hours
on the
>internet trying to find a connection between the two.

If the source is nutritional, nutrients are highly correlated
so if there was a deficiency in iron likely there may be a
deficiency in other nutrients, possible but hard to prove that
the two are diet-related..

>I have found many vegan sites that say milk causes bleeding

?

>in the intestine and also that in countries where dairy
>intake is greatest, so is osteoporosis.

thats possible since these are usually afluent countries where
physical activity is lower and probably higher hip fractures
and diagnoses of these..

>I am afraid that these sites are biased and was wondering if
>anyone knew of a
more
>'scientific' site.

type "site:.edu" at the end of your google searches.

[Vivienne]

Hi

Thanks very much for your reply.
>
> type "site:.edu" at the end of your google searches.

That's a great tip! Thanks.

Vivienne