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To: Ilaine who wrote (27387)	6/3/1999 11:20:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

There are a number of reasons why Asians & Africans do not get osteoporosis, Blue. A few that I can think of: 1) There is a genetic link. Even in this country, white women (especially those with a slight physique) are much more likely to develop it than black women or women of Asian extraction, or men of any color. 2) Even those Asians and Africans who do not eat dairy products eat other high-calcium foods, especially soy products. 3) Life expectancy, especially in Africa, has been lower. Osteoporosis typically begins developing (or is diagnosed) in late middle age. 4) American & European white women have greater opportunity to indulge in other osteoporosis "risk factors": i.e., smoking, drinking (alcohol and soft drinks), excess protein consumption. Joan

To: Ilaine who wrote (27387)	6/4/1999 4:25:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<The world is full of people who don't eat dairy products, you know. American Indians. Asians. Africans, for the most part. And they don't get osteoporosis.>> But aren't most of the galactophobes skinny little squirs with tiny bones? Indians drink lots of milk and ghee. Mongols, for instance, drink lots of milk and blood and are usually sturdy, solid --- modern Japanese are getting almost bulky and thick boned - big solid legs not unusual (they like ice cream with lactaid); old-time Thais skinny, frail. The East Africans -- most Nilotic Tribes like Dinka and Enbeai -- drink lots of milk and measure wealth in cattle and fancy cars. But if you want really huge, sturdy people, check out the "world's strongest man contests" -- Icelanders, Norse, Germans, -- galactopotums every one.