For Strong Bones, Keep Your Kidneys Healthy and Your Blood Pressure Under Control

If you are following the Save Our Bones Program, then you are familiar with the acid/alkaline balance to build your bones. The basic idea is to balance your meals and snacks so that you consume 80% alkaline-forming foods and 20% acid-forming foods. Maintaining this balance is crucial for increasing and maintaining bone density. But did you ever stop to think about how your body maintains its pH? …

5 Ways To Make The Most Of Your Walks

As the weather turns warmer in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a great time to go outside and do some weight-bearing activities.

One of the simplest, most effective, and enjoyable bone-building exercises this time of year is walking. A brisk walk not only gets your circulation going and your lungs full of fresh air, it also exposes your skin to bone-healthy sunlight. And of course, walking helps build …

Celebrate Summer With This Delicious Bone-Healthy Fruit

Did you know that there’s an easy and sweet way to build your bones this summer? A small, alkalizing fruit in its prime this time of the year can help you improve your bone health and your overall health. It’s also a delicious Foundation Food and one of the richest sources of antioxidants. Today you’ll discover the bone-building benefits of…

Cherries: a Treat and a Treatment

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Vivian Answers Day #27: Hip Fracture And Forteo Injections, Drinking Cow’s Milk, Filtered Water, Vegetarian Protein Sources, And More!

Dear Vivian,

I fractured my hip a month ago my doctor wants me to consider injections of Forteo. I fell, and this is how I got the fracture. What do you know about these injections. I am scared. It has serious side effects.

-Rosetta

Top 3 Ways To Prevent Height Loss

When you’re diagnosed with osteoporosis or osteopenia, all kinds of questions and concerns go through your mind. You might be afraid of fractures, of developing a “hunchback”, or you might dread the possibility of “shrinking”.

Thankfully, while the fear is very real, these are not inevitable consequences of osteoporosis.

Today we’ll look at three ways you can apply this approach to prevent an issue that is of …

The 5 Best Things You Can Do For Your Bones This Summer

For those in the Northern Hemisphere, spring is moving into summer. The warm weather and long daylight hours inspire us to get more active and enjoy the outdoors. Also, garden produce is at its peak, providing flavorful, bone-healthy nutrients in a beautiful array of colors. With all these seasonal changes, it’s the perfect time to make some bone-healthy changes of your own.

Today I’m going to show you …

Revealed: How Big Pharma Skewed Bone Health Studies

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered Vitamin C, once said that “research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.”

I agree with Szent-Gyorgyi. On a fundamental level, the purpose of research is to view data in a new light. The process is progressive, as study builds upon study and “what everybody else has seen” becomes …

The Save Our Bones Weekender: May 25, 2013

Osteoporosis News

European regulators restrict the use of Protelos (strontium ranelate) after routine benefit-risk assessment resulted in an increased risk of heart attack. This newly discovered side effect, coupled with the risk dangerous blood clots and serious skin reactions, dramatically limits the use of this popular osteoporosis drug:

Use of osteoporosis drug Protelos (strontium ranelate) restricted to severe osteoporosis cases

How much do you really know about …

Bone Health Quiz: What’s Your Bone Health Philosophy?

Today, I want to discuss something very important with you that has an impact on everything you do for your bones. It’s about your bone health philosophy.

What is a bone health philosophy? Simply put, it’s the “anchor” that determines the way you wish to reverse osteoporosis and osteopenia. It also means that you understand exactly why you are following or not following the Medical Establishment’s protocol, and …

Stop Doing This with Your Cookware

You’re conscientious about keeping your kitchen clean. You wipe down countertops, clean crumbs off the table, and don’t let the dirty dishes pile up. It’s not just for looks – you also want to avoid harmful bacteria coming in contact with your food.

But while you’re busy keeping your kitchen free of germs, you may not be thinking about bone-damaging toxins that can get into your food no …