People who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts, Australian researchers said Thursday.
A joint Australian-Vietnamese study of links between the bones and diet of more than 2,700 people found that vegetarians had bones five percent less dense than meat-eaters, said lead researcher Tuan Nguyen.
The issue was most pronounced in vegans, who excluded all animal products from their diet and whose bones were six percent weaker, Nguyen said.
Yes, that's true. People who are vegetarians often lack Vitamin D and Calcium. Many vegetarians are also vegans and do not consume milk or other sources of dairy. Since dairy is our main source of calcium, avoiding it puts our bones in serious trouble. Also Vitamin D is commonly found in animal foods, such as fish or fish oil. But the strictest of vegetarians--the ones who only eat plant food--often avoid fish. And so they don't get their calcium or their Vitamin D.
Vegetarian diet weakens bones
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