Dr. Oz show topic on Calcium....drink milk to lose weight??

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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    You do need calcium, but it's not a "more is always better" nutrient.

    Read this:

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/calcium-full-story/

    It's evidenced based information from someone not trying to sell you something, or sensationalize anything so you'll watch their TV show.
  • Rhonnie
    Rhonnie Posts: 506 Member
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    "Calcium is no magic bullet. What the study says is that ... higher-calcium diets favor burning rather than storing fat. Calcium changes the efficiency of weight loss," - WebMD
  • kimimila86
    kimimila86 Posts: 424
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    LOL... Dr. Oz.

    I think something else you should consider on the calcium topic, should you actively try to increase your dietary calcium is the ratio of magnesium that should go with it. I KNOW I don't get enough magnesium, even with a multivitamin.

    "Without magnesium, calcium may be not fully utilized, and underabsorption problems may occur leading to arthritis, osteoporosis, menstrual cramps, and some premenstrual symptoms." - Check it out: http://www.mgwater.com/calmagab.shtml
  • ChloeRoseLejeune
    ChloeRoseLejeune Posts: 488
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    " Oz from all his bios is a very good surgeon, but as a diet specialist he is the proverbial disaster. Nearly every week he announces some new revelation or result of a personal study, yet as the ultimate sophist these news releases have minimal foundation. "

    http://www.examiner.com/article/dr-oz-fake-fraud-or-worse
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
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    Yogurt makes you lose belly fat? Wrong.

    Milk makes you fat because it is only meant for baby mammals? Wrong.

    What makes people fat is eating in excess. Fact.

    Did you read the cited studies? No one here has said that dairy alone causes weight loss. The studies are stating including dairy along with calorie restriction is beneficial. I think most people posting in this thread are well aware it still comes back to cals in vs. cals out but if there are studies out there showing that calcium with diet restriction aids in burning more visceral fat (the more dangerous type of fat) and retaining muscle vs. calorie restriction alone burning muscle at a higher rate than visceral fat they why wouldn't you be open minded to it and researching?
  • porcelainjune
    porcelainjune Posts: 10
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    Almond milk has 90 grams of calcium per cup and whole milk has 30. Collard greens, spinach, and broccoli are also good sources. You can get fats from nuts (also has calcium) and avocados. Almond milk and nuts have magnesium to help absorb the nutrient too.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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    This has been the buzz in the nutrition community for the last few years...

    One study I pulled to substantiate, but there are a few others that refute.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21775530

    J Nutr. 2011 Sep;141(9):1626-34. doi: 10.3945/jn.111.141028. Epub 2011 Jul 20.

    Increased consumption of dairy foods and protein during diet- and exercise-induced weight loss promotes fat mass loss and lean mass gain in overweight and obese premenopausal women.

    Josse AR, Atkinson SA, Tarnopolsky MA, Phillips SM.
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    Exercise Metabolism Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
    Abstract
    Weight loss can have substantial health benefits for overweight or obese persons; however, the ratio of fat:lean tissue loss may be more important. We aimed to determine how daily exercise (resistance and/or aerobic) and a hypoenergetic diet varying in protein and calcium content from dairy foods would affect the composition of weight lost in otherwise healthy, premenopausal, overweight, and obese women. Ninety participants were randomized to 3 groups (n = 30/group): high protein, high dairy (HPHD), adequate protein, medium dairy (APMD), and adequate protein, low dairy (APLD) differing in the quantity of total dietary protein and dairy food-source protein consumed: 30 and 15%, 15 and 7.5%, or 15 and <2% of energy, respectively. Body composition was measured by DXA at 0, 8, and 16 wk and MRI (n = 39) to assess visceral adipose tissue (VAT) volume at 0 and 16 wk. All groups lost body weight (P < 0.05) and fat (P < 0.01); however, fat loss during wk 8-16 was greater in the HPHD group than in the APMD and APLD groups (P < 0.05). The HPHD group gained lean tissue with a greater increase during 8-16 wk than the APMD group, which maintained lean mass and the APLD group, which lost lean mass (P < 0.05). The HPHD group also lost more VAT as assessed by MRI (P < 0.05) and trunk fat as assessed by DXA (P < 0.005) than the APLD group. The reduction in VAT in all groups was correlated with intakes of calcium (r = 0.40; P < 0.05) and protein (r = 0.32; P < 0.05).

    Therefore, diet- and exercise-induced weight loss with higher protein and increased dairy product intakes promotes more favorable body composition changes in women characterized by greater total and visceral fat loss and lean mass gain
  • sk_pirate
    sk_pirate Posts: 282 Member
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    I find this hilarious considering he had a show last year saying NOT to drink milk as it is "pure sugar".


    Cue Green Day...Oz is just a Walking Contradiction.
  • jha1223
    jha1223 Posts: 141 Member
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    He got it all wrong, milk makes you fat since it's only for baby mammals and adults cannot digest it properly

    All the more reason to drink it then. If you can't digest it, you don't have to count the calories, right?
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
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    He got it all wrong, milk makes you fat since it's only for baby mammals and adults cannot digest it properly

    All the more reason to drink it then. If you can't digest it, you don't have to count the calories, right?

    :smile:

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