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Plant Foods Promote Stronger Bones
- Plant foods contain micronutrients and phytochemicals that promote bone health.
- Increasing plant consumption in midlife may help prevent osteoporosis regardless of baseline diet.
Early Study Mistook Darker X‑Rays For Denser Bone
- Early research comparing vegetarians and omnivores misread x-rays and got the conclusion backwards.
- The flawed study actually showed vegetarians had worse bone mineral density once x-ray interpretation errors were corrected.
Vegetarian Bone Density Differences Are Small
- Meta-analyses show lower bone mineral density in vegetarians and vegans but differences are clinically small.
- Many studies failed to adjust for confounders like body weight, making conclusions unclear.