Vegetables Build Strong Bones

Got milk? Who cares? A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that poeple who don’t eat dairy foods had bones that were just as strong as the bones of those who do. The research, reported in the Boston Globe, compared 18 average Americans with 18 strict raw food vegans ages 33 to 85, and found that the vitamin D levels of the vegans were ”markedly higher" than average. Wait, there’s more. The vegans studied had low levels of C-reactive protein, an inflammatory molecule that is becoming linked with the risk of heart disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases, and lower levels of IGF-1, a growth factor linked to risk of breast and prostate cancer.