In part one of this article, we learned that animal protein leaches the calcium out of bones, causing the disease of osteoporosis and, consequently, spontaneously broken bones in the spine, hips, legs and arms. Would a collapsed bone in your back affect your health, fitness, and your very life? You bet it would!

When does osteoporosis start? Some expert sources say that the stage is set for whether a woman gets osteoporosis or not by the time she reaches 40 years old, before menopause; for a man, by the time he reaches 50 years old.

Bone decline often starts way back when we are adolescents and even young children. And if you take a close look at what our children eat today, it is downright scary to think where their bones and their bodies are headed in their not so distant future.

Apparently, no matter how many milligrams of calcium we consume, it doesn