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Is the Atkins Diet bad for your bones?
The recent popularity of diets high in protein, such as the Atkins
Diet, has led to fears about their effect on the strength of your
bones.
The more protein in your diet, the more calcium you lose in your urine.
Because your bones are your largest source of stored calcium, there are
concerns that the amount of protein eaten by people following the Atkins
Diet (or any low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet) will increase the risk
of osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is often called the silent disease. You can lose bone without
even knowing about it. The first sign you have osteoporosis may be when
you step off a curb and your hip simply gives way, shattering a bone weakened
by the loss of calcium.
Atkins diet
Evidence of a possible link between low-carbohydrate diets
such as the Atkins Diet and bone loss was published in the American
Journal of Kidney Diseases [22]. The six-week trial shows that
the loss of...
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