Protein Intake and Bone Health

Image from robbwolf.com

This week I went about researching protein intake and bone health. The general argument is that too much dietary protein causes your blood/cells to become acidic and to remedy that your body leaches calcium from your bones. This is a common argument that those against the popular Paleo Diet use to discredit the validity of the dietary lifestyle (e.g. http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2012nl/jun/paleo2.htm). 
In my search I came across one of my favorite sites http://www.robbwolf.com. Robb's book The Paleo Solution is the first one I read about the Paleo lifestyle. He's also kind of a local guy to me (I grew up less than an hour north of where he lived in Chico, CA. He now lives in Reno, NV). My quick Google search for "protein intake and bone health" lead me to this entry in his blog: http://robbwolf.com/2009/03/19/paleo-vs-osteoporosis/. 
The question that the entry was based upon was asking about the association between osteoporosis and gluten (a plant [wheat] protein!), but in his answer to that question Robb touches on the debate about protein intake and bone health. Robb even quotes Loren Cordain's (author of The Paleo Diet) arguments in favor of protein intake supporting bone health (http://thepaleodiet.com/nutritional-tools/acid-base-balance/).
I like Robb Wolf's writing style; he worked for a number of years as a research biochemist so he understands the literature. However, he writes in such a way that he takes some of the driest reading ever and makes it not only easy to understand but entertaining as well!

(Note: If you were curious about the title of my blog "Caveman Candy"...it should be obvious at this point that it is in reference to the Paleo Diet. Besides, I thought it was a catchy name! ;] )