Exposed: The Osteoporosis Trick AND Treat

Vivian Goldschmidt, MA Inspiration

Evidence-Based
4 min Read
halloween

It can be great fun to get spooked. A few years ago, my sons and I set up a makeshift haunted house in our backyard complete with strobe lights, fake fog, and Halloween background music. My middle son acted as the tour guide, and would walk groups of visitors through the backyard. Little did they know that my other sons and their friends were waiting behind trees and inside plastic chests to give a good haunting.

As the tour neared the end, I handed out Halloween treats in a witch’s costume, and sent the “trick or treaters” on their way. It was a big hit in the neighborhood, and the mosquito bites made sure that it would not be forgotten quickly!

The Trick and Treat Tactic

Much like a haunted house, your osteoporosis or osteopenia diagnosis can be a startling experience.

Unfortunately, most doctors rather play “trick AND treat” instead of “trick OR treat.”

The doctor’s “trick” usually goes like this: “you now officially have the disease osteoporosis, and if you don’t take the medicine, you will fall, break a bone, and die.” The doctor usually follows up his or her “trick” with a “treat”: “Here’s your drug prescription… just take it – it will treat your osteoporosis.”

Your heart is pounding (I know mine was), thinking that you’ll have to take a prescription drug for many years. And rather than you leaving a haunted house with tasty treats, you leave your doctor’s office with a scary disease you didn’t think you had before you entered, and a prescription to fill.

It's Time to “Disown” the Disease

You see, mainstream medicine wants you to identify with disease – to take ownership of “your osteoporosis” – so they can hold you captive to their treatment. The idea behind this is that you’ll surely rush to the pharmacy, fill “your prescription”, and come back for more. Because after all, you have a disease, right?

WRONG! Because as I wrote in a related post, osteoporosis is not a disease; osteoporosis is your body telling you that you have a nutritional imbalance that is easy to correct without ever taking toxic drugs.

So instead of taking ownership of a disease, I want you to take ownership of your health. Below I give you valuable tips to help you achieve this.

Take Responsibility for Your Bone Health

Conventional medicine wants you to rely on an outside source, such as prescription drugs, to “cure” you. And when one drug fails, there will always be another one. When you are in control of your bone health, you seek solutions where you are in control, not the drugs.

Focus on a Long-Term Plan

It’s so tempting to give in to the “quick-fix” that doctors offer. One little pill, one IV infusion, and you’re good to go…till the next one. In reality, these are only temporary solutions that don’t improve your health; they may actually worsen it. A long-term natural plan is the best way to insure success with your bone health.

Educate Yourself

Knowledge is power, and it is your biggest ally in the quest for your bone health strategy.

Be Willing to Make Changes

Be open minded and flexible so you can implement changes that can help you achieve your bone health goals. And it is not difficult to do it because even small changes can make a huge difference.

Have Realistic Expectations

Remember that it took you many years to get to the bone loss you have now, so don’t expect a complete turn-around in an unrealistically short time.

Be Positive and Believe in Yourself

Your attitude can make a big difference in the success of your bone health and overall health. Recently, researchers found a definite link between pessimism and its negative effect on health:

A study by researchers in the Netherlands has found that people who are temperamentally pessimistic are more likely to die of heart disease and other causes than those who are by nature optimistic.

Source: Yet Another Worry for Those Who Believe the Glass Is Half-Empty [New York Times Article]

Stay positive and don’t forget that the difference between can and cannot are only three letters. Three letters that determine your life's direction.

Share Your Experience

Have you experienced an osteoporosis or osteopenia “trick and treat” when you visited your doctor? Feel free to share it with us by submitting your comment below.