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 regarding osteoporosis truth is spreading. Slowly but surely, the truth will prevail… it always does.
And you, my dear friend, are an instrumental part of this.
Together we are opening the door for revolutionary yet safe and effective bone health solutions. Knowing this, it's no coincidence that The New York Times published an article titled “Exploring a Low Acid Diet for Bone Health”.
Sounds familiar? It seems that even this world-class newspaper is catching up with our bone health revolution. You can read the article here:
Without a doubt, this article is a breath of fresh air, but let's not fool ourselves… there is still a lot more to do…and I can't wait to start the New Year and continue our quest with you on my side!
The New Year is also a time for reflection and growth, much like starting a new chapter in the book of our lives. And that, of course, includes our bone health. So let me know what your New Year bone health resolution is by leaving a comment below. Mine is to continue my mission of truth and natural solutions with unyielding efforts so the Save Our Bones community can continue to grow to insure that our voices will be heard.
So I wish you all a wonderful, exciting, and healthy New Year, and I'll leave you till the next time with this great and very appropriate quote by Dr. Martin H. Fischer:
“Truth is rarely written in ink; it lives in Nature.”
Please don't forget to leave your 2010 bone health resolution below. It means a lot to me.
With blessings for a happy and healthy New Year,
been on the computer for 2 hours after returning from a doctor’s visit. the news is not great….-4.3 lumbar. have been aware of my bone issues when diagnosed with celiac disease 6 years ago. my initial dexa was -2.9. getting the celiac under control was easy, and initial numbers in later yearly tests went down to -2.4 and as high as -2.8. have rejected fosomax 5 years ago and also tomoxifin (DCIS diagnosis)
they now want to put me on evista which really scares me. i’m 57 years old, gone thru menopause, and on a gluten free diet. obviously i have stumbled across SAVE OUR BONES on the internet. any suggestions??
I am 61 yrs. old & have osteoporosis. I have purchased your program. I had been on actonel for 8 yrs. Last year I took myself off of this medication. Then I was diagnosised with osteoporosis. My lifestyle, at present and for the last year, is very much what you recommend. My diet consists of fruits & veggies and 95% alkaline foods. I had a complete hysterectomy at age 38. I have had digestive problems & acidity problems in the past. The digestive problems are gone and I am working on the ph levels in my body. I know that there are alot of factors in regard to bone health.
Question: Based on my history and problems, do you think your program can still work for me?
If so, please explain why.
My husband found your forum on line searching for a supplier of arthronove. I have replied to a post by a contributor on 1/1/10, but did not realise that it would be posted in the comments way back in the list. You may find it interesting so I am sending this message to advise you that it has just been posted there.
Hi Vivien, Happy and healthy 2010 to you and your familly. I continue to spread the good news about the Bone Revolution.
“NO MEDICINE”
Thank you so much, Vivian for sharing all the important information on bone health.
My resolution this year is to exercise more. I continue to do the exercise you sent us last year.
Veronica
Hi Viv, thank you for all the info you sent to all of us. This gave me more confident that I can survive this without taking drugs. My resolution is to continue following the right food to eat and exercise. Pls. don’t forget to send me email. God bless you and your family.
Yours,
Juliet
Hi Vivian, I watched the video on the “American Idols” I thought the lady was wonderfully healthy and her bones as well. My New Year resolution is a thing I normally don’t make, but as far as my bones are concerned, I plan to continue to follow your natural healthy recommendations for maintaining strong bones. I like and agree with the quote you shared. I also would like you to continue to share your quest for truth and natural solutions to strengthen our bones.I hope you and your staff have a safe , healthy and happy New Year.
Janet Talley.
Hi Vivian:
I, too, wish you a very happy and safe 2010. I am always referring to my copy of your book and will keep improving my goal. I loved the video. I dance by myself as I have a husband who is a couch potato. I will keep eating all the right foods and continue my exercise and weight lifting. I am due for my next bone density in March and hope that there is an improvement. I am very positive and know that I will find an improvement. Keep the emails coming. I love hearing from you.
Hi Vivian
May you and your family have a wonderful year.
The information I receive is very informative and I enjoy reading it.
Take care
Greetings
Hester
Hi Vivian
Wishing you and your family a Happy New Year.
Thanks for all the new information I have received. Learning a lot and I put it to practice.
Greetings
Hester
Hello Vivian,
Thank you for the continued support and information. If I was to make a resolution it would be to be determined to lose weight, maintain my 80/20 food intake ratio, and exercise daily.
Kind regards
Nancy
Happy New Year to you, Vivian and your families, and Staff.
My new year resolution is to eat more leafy green salads per week.
Thanks, Melody T. Horner, C.N., Culver City, CA\
Hello have just ordered your program, look forward to getting started.
I have been on Fosomax and want to get off of it as soon as possible. Thanks Hazel
I just ordered the Save Our Bones program. I am so ready to try it and pray that it works for me. I am at my rope’s end with osteoporosis meds and doctors.
Mary,
Have faith in yourself and in your bones. I’m sure you’ll do great! 🙂
Thank you Vivian! Your site is a breath of fresh air! My New Year resolution is to start the diet you recommended as a new life style change. I want to see my next dexa scan in October 2010 improve! I really enjoyed seeing the article in the New York Times too! Hopefully more and more women will get the message and get well naturally!
My goal is to follow the diet and exercise and see my bone health improve in 2010. Thank you, Vivian, for your words of encouragement and the comments and encouragement from other ladies.
I would be curious, if you were to take a survey, how many of your subscribers took osteoporosis medicines, for how many years, with the dexa scans continuing to show worsening. I took evista for about 4 years followed by actonel for about 3 years and my dexa scans every two years showed worsening. I discontinued the drugs about a year ago without telling my doctor.
Thanks Vivian for the article in the paper. Hopefully, one day everyone will know what we know. My goal is to improve my bone density without the drugs. Thank you so much for doing such a wonderful job. Please don’t stop doing this, we need you!!!
Kudos to you for giving everyone a headsup on pillpushing M.D.’s. I was hit by an out of control Hummer on ice, while waiting at a red light, and my HMO M.D. just gave me pain killers, sleeping pills and muscle relaxants, even though I told her I could barely walk and my hipbones felt loose. After months, I told her I could barely stand up, after having been swimming 612 meters non-stop before the wreck, and was unable to swim, or move, so she sent me a certified letter, dropping me as her patient, saying our patient/physician relationship was damaged by my seeking other help. I went to a chiropractor who X-rayed my hips, saw the hipbone was dislocated about an inch, knocked me back into place, like cracking a walnut, and now I”m on a slow road to recovery after being out of place for 7 months, due to a pill pushing M.D., who should be relegated to a Quack farm. I’m trying to eat yogurt and lose all the weight I”ve gained since the wreck, but it’s been slow going, as well as take calcium, MSM etc.. Keep up the good work.
Hi Vivian! thanks for keeping me update, my resolution for this new year is to keep doing what I am doing so far. I stop my fosomax a couple months ago, and I am feeling well, no pain, doing weight lifting, walking a lot, and trying to eat the right food and vitamins. hope you too have a good new year.
Dear Vivian,
Wishing you a Blessed and Healthy New Year.
I couldn’t get the N.Y. Times article on the internet. I may have waited too long. Also, on anything I have to download, it takes forever. I have dialup and can’t get fast internet service where I live which is very frustrating. It takes 4 minutes to download one second. I love reading your viewer’s comments. I’m always anxious to hear from you.
You’re a blessing to all of us.
Love,
Dorothy
Happy new Year to you Vivian, Great video,hope I’m that healthy when I’m that old.I plan to continue the 80/20 diet and work out 3 times a week at the gym. It was hard to stay on track over the holidays. Hope my next dexa scan will show some improvement. One of your fallers mentioned the Mike Ross balance program, what is that all about? What about the Vitamin Code Grow Bone System and taking that along with the 80/20 diet? Looking forward to your responce,for which I am very grateful Carol
Great product!
I have decided after a great deal of medical intervention over the past year, which has given me no help at all, to rely entirely on excercise and diet, as recommened by you, to see if i can become more mobile again. Keep up the good work.
B.G.R.
Happy new year, Vivian & thanks for all the info in 2009. I am considering taking a course to become a Nutritional Consultant from an online school based in CA. I love your book & all the advice you give. Keep up the good work. The video was astonishing. I also teach dancing, so I hope to be like that at age 75 as well.
As much as I do believe in natural bone density, I cannot but feel that one needs to mix and boil some kind of brew which would taste vile. As a result I prefer to let nature take its course. Nevertheless I wish all those who participate a great success in their endeavours.
in order to save bones exercise is very important i started doing zumba 4 times a week i feel great lost more weight. i have fun exercising and i love to dance. zumba does many things it gives you a feel-good sensation, it is a fantastic core workout, it reshapes all parts of the body, arms, hips, heart and mind, it is a fat burning workout calories burned from 300-1,000 the workout provides for a great sweat without realzing your are excercising, people have reported losing weight, it provides great interval training. i have a friend with severe joint disease and she introduced me to zumba. i just love it. spread the word to every woman you know to get involved in zumba they will never be the same linda reese
I absolutely love zumba and rumba. However unfortunately due to a pinched nerve in my neck, my right knee gives way if I dance the ramba resulting in my fall. I used to dance three times a week at a dancing club and would dance daily if I could. Waltzing was my favourite dance folowed by rumba/zumba. I won a prize for dancing all night non stop. I never got tired dancing. But alas those days seem over for the time being anyway until a cure is found to stop me from falling over.
You continue to inspire me! although it is difficult to make neccessary changes, my goal this year is to continue to exercise and strive to eat right and hope to do better than last year. I’m afraid that I am very short on willpower, but will continue to try with your encouragement!
Thank you for all you do and for sharing it all with us. May you have a healthy New Year!
Sincerely,
Junette A.
try to get involved in a zumba class in your area. i joined a gym and do all the exercise classes, zumba is aerobic dancing to spanish music. people say they are not coordinated, it does not matter once you learn the moves. you have fun burn calories and feel great i do zumba 4 times a week. it is like a night out with the girls without alcohol.
Hi Vivian
A bone test about 6 months ago showed I had osteo! shocked and upset as I am very active and fit, luckily I started to ask and read about the condition immediately as I didn’t like the sound of the drugs and the warnings. Well between your book and other research the truth was revealed. I have made changes to my diet but as I am vegetarian already eat well and added recommended excercise. This personal osteo issue has opened my eyes even wider to the lies behind the drug companies. Thank you for learning and sharing so much vital information. All the success and best for 2010.
Barbara Australia
Dear Vivian, Best wishes for a Happy,Healthy and a wonderful 2010. Keep up the fantastic information. Cheers Aussie Bob.
Thank YOU Vivian ! You are the best and I consider all your hard work this past year my miracle for 2009. I was diagnosed with osteapenia but refused the meds. I’m following your advise religously and have passed the word to friends and co-workers. I have purchased all you’ve written and will continue to look forward to more info and advise in the new year. Thank you ! Blessings and good health in 2010 🙂
hi Vivian
My doctor said i was ill advised to stop my medication but I did and continue to do so
gayle Everett
Good for you Gayle!
ther is so much more
internally to do for Joints & Bones
Suma g Nathan
Certified Registered Holistic Nutritionist
Certified Chinese Herbologist
I totally agree with Vivian~her video is awesome
Hi Vivian and best wishes for 2010.
Wow wasn’t the 75 year old lady dancer something. Is she on a low acid diet I wonder!
mary
That 75 year old woman is amazing, I hope that I can improve my bone density so that I can dance like her, because I love to dance.
The lady in the video is an inspiration to all of us. She represents courage and effort and a strong sense of fun! Thank you for sending this important video, Vivian, and for your inspiration, as well.
Andrea
Best wishes for 2010 to you,Vivian and to all seekers of the natural way to health. Haven”t got the book yet but assume the diet is acid/alkaline balance based so have adopted an appropriate diet already. Out went all the acidic foods (yes, even all the goodies I”d been storing up for Christmas . Not easy for a lifelong chocolate addict but I”m serious about this) so I feel I”ve made a start. My new year resolution? To stay on this path and trust the natural way. Bless you Vivian for your tireless efforts on our behalf. Pearl
Vivian,I wish you healthy and happy New Year!
I am waiting to have my next bone density test.
I hope the results will show an improvement.
Thank you!
I was on fosomax for 7 yrs. No improvement. Tried Forteo for a few months. Developed hypercalcium on that drug. I had a xray a few months ago that did not show any compression fractions but did show osteosclerosis.
Just read the New York Times article. Would it not be advantageous to take some sort of alkaline product when we eat acidic foods eg bicarbonate of soda or an indigestion tablet?
Jorge,
That is not a good idea, and here’s why. Stomach acid is indispensable to properly digest foods, so we can absorb all the important nutrients.
Hello Vivian 🙂
Best wishes for a Happy & Healthy 2010 to you and your friends.
Thank you for all this past years help on keeping our bones in tip top condition without having to rely on those awful drugs with all the side effects included.
I watched the lady that you have shown in the video clip, dancing on the television, we saw her while we were watching the news report. She is fantastic.
I dance too but I am not as good as she is, but I come fairly close enough….. just about towards the end of the queue 🙂 … or so I say 🙂 and I will continue to dance so long as I can still hear the music and my feet begin to tap in time with it.
take care
Best wishes from Bonnie Scotland
Marysia 🙂
Hi Vivian, Happy 2010, and many thankyous for all the helpful advice. I normally have a restricted diet due to Coeliac disease, but have ‘fallen by the wayside’ over the holidays on the ‘sweet’ side. Must get back on track quickly as I still teach and occasionally perform Spanish dance at almost 70, despite RA. Still having the Discussions with my rheumatologist re not taking bisphosphonates –
according to him “bad side-effects are only
based on anecdotal evidence”. A pharmacist
friend has recommended ‘Stem Enhance’ to stimulate one’s own stem cells. Have you any
information on this product?
Many Thanks and Best Regards
Hi Sandra
Lots of work here with RA (not Meds) can be done following Vivians Program and also working with the right Nutritionals. RA is inflammation can be controlled!
Suma g Nathan, Certified Registered Holistic Nutritionist
Certfied Chinese Herbologist
29 yrs exp
Dear Vivian:
Happy New Year to you! I am glad that you shared the video of the older woman dancing with terrific body flexibility and good move-
ment. Her bones must be in excellent condition.
It was awesome to see her physically young as an example. Thanks for your continuing research
to help us with our bone problem. Have a nice
day! Julie Hernandez us
I have been reading Save our Bones with great interest.
You say that tap water is unsafe.
I have a ten stage water filter (New Wave Enviro) purchase at wholefood for $60.oo
What is your opinion on that…
Thank You
Laurent
Dear Vivian,
It is my new year resolution to help women of all ages to let them know about your diet how to keep our body in alkaline or neutral medium, improve bone density by natural means with exercise & ezorb calcium.
Love & grateful,
Thank you,
Suseela
I hope the New Year is good to ALL of us, Vivian! I emailed you a few weeks ago asking if you’re familiar with the “Vitamin Code Grow Bone System” and if you recommend it but have not heard back. You can check them out at http://www.GrowBone.com. Please let me know your thoughts. It seems to align with your program and possibly they could advertise on your website as well. Thanks!
Enjoyed all the information you gave us and my gratitude. Kept me from accepting hormones my Doctor wanted me to take. I also want to wish you a wonderful exciting 2010. Your theory about hormones is really catching on. I hope more women will listen to your input. You have been a tremendous help to me Sincerely Evelyn Morris
Good article – -I read several mags and articles on nutrition & try to practice the mostly alkaline diet, but didn’t know how to determine the amount of protein you need. This gives the formula. Keep up your good work, Vivian!
A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2010 to you and yours Vivian!! I love the quote “that truth is rarely written in ink -it is in nature” I believe that what you are writing, Vivian in ink or e-mails is truth!!!! Bless you for the information you continue to give us. Now my resolution for 2010 is to continue following your advice – drinking my “ruby-red grapefruit and apple juice” plenty of leafy greens, and I must start getting the green cooking bananas again – walking more – and doing the exercise you showed – Mike Ross balance exercises too. This morning I received from Mike Ross a “Dynamic Warm up” to do half hour after you get out of bed. So that’s a long list of resolutions – but I do want to get my bones strong – so I can do that “Salsa” too. Blessings from AUSTRALIA.
Happy New Year Vivian.
I will continue to follow the bone health diet. Prescription drugs for bone health I will never use. I am so happy that I found you and the great info you keep sending my way. Thank you. All the best for the New Year!!
Read your comments–I started the daily injections of Forteo almost a yr. ago (when I fell & broke vertrabrae-osteoporosis) & am prescribed to take it for another 15 mo., BUT this drug scares me!
I have taken Fosamox, etc,and others, but do not like taking anything.
Can you tell me what the diet is please?
I want to get strong naturaly and stop the injections completely within 3 months–once I learn the diet,etc. to getmy bones ready. Anything.
Joyce
any help appreciated.
Hello Joyce
Sound like you have been thru a lot! Vivian’s
Health diet is a must and so is certain Nutritionals a must.
Suma G Nathan
Certified Registered Holistic Nutritionist/
Certified Chinese Herbologist 29 yrs exp
Hi Vivian! Happy New Year! I have missed your emails. You are definitely an inspiration to me with your information and optimism. I am going to continue to work hard in 2010 to eat a healthy and alkaline diet! Thanks for all your continued help!!!!