The Top 5 Things You Can Do for Your Bone Health

Sometimes it’s good to take a step back and look at the forest instead of the trees. There are so many things that you can do to naturally build your bones! That’s why my typical blog posts focus on micromanaging your bone health by giving insight on one food or …

How Summertime Helps Your Bones

It’s possibly one of the busiest places on earth. Picture around two million tiny pumps – hard at work all day and night – and you’ll understand why. Controlled by one central thermostat and connected to millions of surface sensors, these minute marvels are your sweat glands.

They regulate your …

Link Between Wrinkles and Osteoporosis: Fact or Fiction?

According to a well-known proverb, the eyes are the mirror of the soul. But what if your skin could be the mirror of your bones? In a brand new study, Yale School of Medicine researcher Dr. Lubna Pal suggests that there might be a direct correlation between common wrinkles on …

Is Your Cell Phone Zapping Your Bone Density?

We’ve certainly come a long way with technology – especially in the last couple of centuries. Our quality of life has greatly improved thanks to clever inventors who are constantly seeking new ways to get things done as quickly and efficiently as possible.

But sometimes those very same advances can bite …

Is Osteoporosis in Your Blood?

I love to play Sudoku. Every time I travel, I take my book with hundreds of puzzles onboard. What I like most about Sudoku is that it requires using extreme logic. Plus to complete a puzzle, there is no room for error. Just one number wrongly placed in a square …

A Day In The Life #2: A Bone-Smart Snack Experiment

I was totally unprepared for this sudden attack. But fortunately, using the few items I scraped together and with a dose of creativity, I ended up managing pretty well.

Don’t worry. I was stricken with nothing more than a “Snack Attack”, and the end result of this whimsical taste adventure …

Stop Brushing Your Teeth… Until You Read This

Don’t forget to brush your teeth! This phrase used to be my mother’s reminder every night before I went to bed. But I soon realized that just brushing was not enough, so I also floss after each meal and get a professional cleaning twice a year.

Yet what might …

How to Test Your Bone Health at Home

The human body is equipped with a remarkable alert system. When something is not quite right inside your body, it will manifest itself externally. It’s the body’s equivalent of a fire alarm.

This is especially true when it comes to the health of your fingernails. The appearance and …

A Day In The Life #1: Shopping and Eating at the Mall

Yesterday was an unusual day for me. I spent the morning with a dear childhood friend who was visiting from abroad for a few days. She had brought a shopping list with her, so off we went to a large local mall, to get the items she was looking for. …

NEW STUDY: The Truth About Bone Loss and Fat Loss

You might have heard of the notion that being overweight is good for your bones.

Well, this myth has been debunked as I explain in a previous article titled “Your Weight Affects Your Bones: True or False?”.

And besides all the good science behind the study mentioned in that article, if you …