Broken Bones and Being Vegan: Should You Worry? | Dr. Neal Barnard Exam Room LIVE Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Many fear that eating a plant-based diet without dairy will lead to weaker bones and an increased risk of fractures. But evidence shows those concerns to be largely unfounded.
An analysis of thousands of people around the world showed that eliminating milk, cheese, and dairy from the diet is actually more protective for bone health in many instances.
Dr. Neal Barnard reviews the findings of the analysis with "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE. He has what you need to know about maintaining strong bones and getting enough calcium in a dairy-free diet.
Other Topics Discussed
- Is cottage cheese better for bones than regular milk?
- Does eating salt weaken bones?
- Calcium carbonate in almond milk
- Vegan alternatives to kefir
- Is Greek yogurt healthy?
- Can calcium supplements cause gallstones?
- Is plant-based butter healthier than regular butter?
- Plant-based probiotics
- Is raw dairy a healthier option?
- Plus more!
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg’s passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
— — SHOW LINKS — —
Dairy Broken Bones Study
https://bit.ly/DairyBrokenBoneStudy
— — —
Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund
— — UPCOMING EVENTS — —
Exam Room LIVE with the Esselstyn Family
Tickets: https://bit.ly/ERLiveinDC23
Who: Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn with Ann, Rip, and Jane. Plus, Dr. Neal Barnard and Chuck
When: Nov. 7, 2023
Where: National Press Club in Washington, DC
— — —
Healthy For A Lifetime Conference
Who: Chuck, Dr. Milton Mills, and more!
When: Sept. 23, 2023
Where: Omaha, NE
Website: https://bit.ly/Health4Life2023
— — —
St. Louis VegFest
Who: Chuck, Dr. Jim Loomis, Caryn Dugan, James Lewis, and more
When: Oct. 1, 2023
Website: https://www.stlouisvegfest.org
— — —
Hampton Roads VegFest
Who: Chuck
When: October 28, 2023
Where: Chesapeake, VA
Website: http://www.hamptonroadsvegfest.com
— — FOLLOW US — —
Dr. Neal Barnard
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/drnealbarnard
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnealbarnard
Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB
Your Body In Balance: https://amzn.to/2UvAfxW
— — —
Chuck Carroll
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
— — —
Physicians Committee
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm
— — —
5-Star Success: Share Your Story
Apple: https://apple.co/2JXBkpy
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2pMLoY3
— — —
Share the Show
Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Coming up on the exam room. |
| 0:03.1 | The dairy industry needless to say is a huge commercial entity and they've been like |
| 0:06.7 | all businesses they try to find reasons to promote their products and drink milk for |
| 0:10.3 | strong bones. |
| 0:11.3 | It's one that has been there we have all grown up with it. |
| 0:14.8 | So Suruji Mishra and Eric Deng and other researchers got together and looked at all |
| 0:20.7 | the evidence that they could find and they came up with 13 studies that have addressed |
| 0:26.3 | this issue directly. |
| 0:27.6 | The biggest data set on this that's ever been accumulated in the most up-to-date one and |
| 0:32.6 | what they found was exactly the opposite. |
| 0:36.0 | Looking at more than half a million people in all these studies, they found that the more |
| 0:40.9 | milk you drink, the higher the risk of hip fractures. |
| 0:45.8 | So in other words, drinking milk was not protective at all. |
| 0:48.5 | It was just the opposite. |
| 0:50.3 | The dairy milk intake was associated with more bone breaks. |
| 1:01.1 | Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 1:05.1 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 1:08.4 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in |
| 1:12.6 | more than 150 countries. |
| 1:15.1 | Hi to everyone listening in, Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:18.8 | Welcome to Arrow, Oklahoma and Dubai in the UAE, wherever you are we appreciate you helping |
| 1:25.5 | to make the world a healthier place. |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in -555 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Physicians Committee, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Physicians Committee and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.