Acid diet (high-meat protein) effects on calcium metabolism and bone health

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 698-702

  Cao, Jay J ^a   Nielsen, Forrest H ^a  

^a GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acid base load; bone health; calcium; meat; protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROXYPROLINE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POTASSIUM BICARBONATE; SOMATOMEDIN C; VITAMIN D;

ACID BASE BALANCE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE HEALTH; BONE MASS; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BALANCE; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FRACTURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEAT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OBESITY; OSTEOLYSIS; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; DIETARY PROTEINS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; KIDNEY; MEAT; NUTRITION POLICY; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78149258799     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32833df691     Document Type: Review

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