Canned Food Alert: Why Relying on Conventional Wisdom Can Damage Your Bone Health 60
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Canned Food Alert: Why Relying on Conventional Wisdom Can Damage Your Bone Health

Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is one of the foundations of the Save Our Bones Program, and many in our community have asked me if it is imperative to eat fresh produce. Of course it is best to eat fresh as often as possible because fresh foods are more …

The Buzz About Beer and Your Bone Health: My Take 96
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The Buzz About Beer and Your Bone Health: My Take

Study toasts beer as being good for your bones
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Beer drinkers now have a good excuse to order another round — the brew may help keep bones strong, a study has found.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Beer drinkers now have a good excuse to order another …

12 Dangerous and Hidden Food Ingredients in Seemingly Healthy Foods 120
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12 Dangerous and Hidden Food Ingredients in Seemingly Healthy Foods

Would you eat your favorite breakfast cereal if you knew that it contained Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT), a product also used in jet fuel and embalming fluid? Can you imagine grilling your low fat veggie burger if you found out that its main ingredient is Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)?

Watch out, because foods …

Debunking the Milk Myth: Why Milk is Bad for You and Your Bones 188
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Debunking the Milk Myth: Why Milk is Bad for You and Your Bones

Did you know that in Medieval England parents would tie rabbits’ feet around their babies’ necks to ward off illness? Doctors would also spit on wounds because saliva was believed to have healing properties.

Indeed, history is replete with unfounded health beliefs, and to everyone’s detriment, the milk myth is among …

The Forteo Mystery: What You Should Know About This Puzzling Drug 188
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The Forteo Mystery: What You Should Know About This Puzzling Drug

Pharmaceutical companies are constantly trying to outdo each other and to come up with new patentable drugs for diseases that already have existing drug treatments.. A good example of this is teriparatide, or Forteo in the US (Forsteo abroad), a new class of osteoporosis drug known as anabolic agents. …

Vitamin K: Your Osteoporosis Knight in Shining Armor 172
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Vitamin K: Your Osteoporosis Knight in Shining Armor

If you’ve been diagnosed with osteoporosis or osteopenia, it is more than likely that your doctor prescribed an osteoporosis drug such as Fosamax followed by the proverbial calcium recommendation.

That’s exactly what happened to me after I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. My doctor also advised me to “drink plenty of …

Happy New Year: Your 2010 Bone Health Resolution 116
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Happy New Year: Your 2010 Bone Health Resolution

I hope you are having a fantastic holiday season and that you are as upbeat about welcoming 2010 and the new decade as I am.

This past year has been incredible not only because the Save Our Bones community has grown by leaps and bounds but also because our information …

Merry Christmas! 0
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Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and your entire family a Merry Christmas and happy holidays full of joy and good health.

Use Houseplants to Prevent Bone Loss 64
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Use Houseplants to Prevent Bone Loss

My osteoporosis adventures are fascinating, with unexpected twists and turns that I am able to share with you right here on this blog. For example, while working on the Save Our Bones Program, I found a breakthrough bone cell study funded by no less than the NASA Space Agency.

Plants: Nature’s …

Happy Channukah! 0
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Happy Channukah!

Happy Channukah to everybody in the Save Our Bones Community who’s celebrating the “Festival of Lights” this week.

May your lives be lit with joy, health and happiness always,

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