For decades the messages have been to drink milk and take calcium supplements to fortify bone health.  It is so drummed into the culture that it is just accepted as the prevailing wisdom, therefore it must be true.  Well, according to Dr. Robert Thompson, author of The Calcium Lie, this prevailing wisdom is causing an epidemic of calcium overload that is causing bone breaks in the elderly and deteriorating overall health.  In an interview with Jesse Cannone, founder of The Healthy Back Institute, Dr. Thompson said the "whole calcium message is a lie, and when talking about bone health minerals must be replaced with minerals."  When someone gets into calcium overload the body stops producing it naturally and the danger to bones actually accelerates.  According to Dr. Thompson, recent studies have indicated bone breaks in the elderly increase with calcium supplementation. 

A simple hair test will reveal all the mineral levels in the body and a proper course of action can be mapped out.  He is not opposed to using pharmaceutical drugs for his patients with osteoporosis, but it is generally as a last resort because the mineral deficiency has been mistaken for low calcium and treated in that manner. 

Dr. Thompson's interview with Jesse Cannone has been broken down into short podcasts, see below, that are extremely informative and sometimes a bit scary.  The range of subject matter explored is quite extensive.  His background as a classically trained medical doctor who became fed up with the prevailing wisdom of traditional medicine holds many lessons for patients who put too much faith in mainstream medicine.   Dr. Thompson's break with his fellow doctors also extends to drug companies, industrial dairy and food industry, the vitamin industry and government regulators.     

How often does it happen that an elderly person falls down, breaks a hip and then the downhill slide is precipitous and rapid?  One piece of advice Dr. Thompson gives to all his patients: Stop Drinking Milk.  Besides being detrimental to health and unnecessary, milk is loaded with antibiotics, bovine growth hormones, supplemented with extra calcium and produced by herds of sick cows. 

Listen carefully to the following podcasts and get educated about taking control of your health.  Forget all you have learned over the decades about milk, food, calcium, pharmaceutical drugs, bone health and mainstream medicine.      

Podcasts in order of the interview of Dr. Robert Thompson by Jesse Cannone:

Dr. Robert Thompson's Background, His Book "The Calcium Lie," Medical Hyprocrisy, Natural Solutions

Dr. Robert Thompson, Many Maladies Can be Solved by Nutrition, Too Many Seek Quick Fixes with Pills

How Does Calcuim Work In the Body, Dr. Robert Thompson Talks with Jesse Cannone about Bone Health

What is Calcium Explained by Dr. Robert Thompson, Author of The Calcium Lie, with Jesse Cannone

Dr. Robert Thompson, Calcium Overload, Fortified Foods, Agri Products Tainted, Vitamins Insufficient

Dr. Robert Thompson Health Tips, Natural Solutions Vs Mainstream Medicine, Measuring Success

Negative Effects of Milk with Hormones, Antibiotics, Food Supply & Drugs Creating More Sickness

Summary of Dr. Robert Thompson Calcium Lie Interview With Jesse Cannone, Founder of Healthy Back Institute

For more information about Dr. Robert Thompson go to http://www.calciumlie.com and Jesse Cannone at http://www.losethebackpain.com

About Dr. Robert Thompson:

Dr. Thompson is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist who practices in Soldotna and Anchorage, Alaska.

While he is technically a "women's doctor," his work to expose The Calcium Lie has brought him many patients who fall outside his specialty. In fact, now more than half of his patients come to him for nutrition counseling and many of them have found long-term relief from chronic disease, including obesity, diabetes, hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue.

He happily counts among his patients many men and children as well as women who seek out his assistance as a gynecologist as well as a nutrition specialist. He received his medical training at the University of Kentucky and has practiced in California, Pennsylvania, and Hawaii as well as in Alaska. Dr. Thompson lives in Soldotna, Alaska, where he takes great delight in fly fishing, hunting, hiking, canoeing and skiing and playing concert violin.