Due to improved health care, diet and infrastructure in developed countries, since 1840 life
expectancy has increased by approximately 2 years per decade. Accordingly, by 2050, a …

Athletes should pay more attention to their bone health, whether this relates to their longer-
term bone health (eg risk of osteopenia and osteoporosis) or their shorter-term risk of bony …

Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder that is characterized by low bone mass and micro-
architectural deterioration of bone tissue. Fractures of the proximal femur, the vertebrae and …

This review looks at the role of an alkaline diet in health. Pubmed was searched looking for
articles on pH, potential renal acid loads, bone health, muscle, growth hormone, back pain …

A summary of systematic reviews and meta-analyses addressing the benefits and risks of
dietary protein intakes for bone health in adults suggests that dietary protein levels even …

Nephrolithiasis is highly prevalent across all demographic groups in the Western world and
beyond, and its incidence rates are rising. In addition to the morbidity of the acute event …

Context: The acid load imposed by a modern diet may play an important role in the
pathophysiology of osteoporosis. Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the skeletal …

During the last part of the twentieth century, northern Europe, the south western parts of
Norway and Sweden, suffered from “acid rain”. Sulphur dioxide emissions from combustion …

Nutrition science is a highly fractionated, contentious field with rapidly changing viewpoints
on both minor and major issues impacting on public health. With an evolutionary perspective …

High-protein (HP) diets exert a hypercalciuric effect at constant levels of calcium intake, even
though the effect may depend on the nature of the dietary protein. Lower urinary pH is also …