Eating meat increases bone mineral density

Published in the Am J Epidemiol. 2002 Apr 1;155(7):636-44.

Protein consumption and bone mineral density in the elderly : the Rancho Bernardo Study.
Promislow JH, Goodman-Gruen D, Slymen DJ, Barrett-Connor E.
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11914191
 
A study of 572 women and 388 men aged 55-92 years found that their bone mineral density increased over a four year period as they consumed more dietary animal protein

In contrast consumption of vegetable protein was associated with a decrease in bone mineral density.

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