Tag: Protein and calcium

While calcium and vitamin D are famous for their role in bone health, emerging research suggests protein also plays a critical, and often misunderstood, part. It was once believed that high protein diets caused bone loss by increasing calcium excretion, but recent isotopic studies tell a different story, revealing a more complex interaction that highlights why you do need protein to absorb calcium effectively.

For decades, it has been observed that high protein diets increase urinary calcium losses, raising concern about bone health. So, does protein reduce calcium or is this a misunderstanding of a more complex physiological process?