Is Your Bone Health Plan Working?
How many of you out there are working hard and doing everything you can to keep your bones healthy? You’re eating a nutrient rich diet, exercising, controlling stress, getting enough sleep or even taking osteoporosis medication as prescribed. With DXA scans only done...
Goodnight Bones
Welcome to September!I hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing summer! I had the opportunity to hike many of our amazing National Parks, what a treasure they are! Hiking provides my bones and my body with vital exercise and communing with nature...
Mighty Mitochondria and Your Bone Health
I'm sorry you haven't heard from me for a while! I have been working hard on an exciting new project that I can't wait to share with you in the next few months! So stay tuned! In the meantime, I thought you would like to learn about some recently published...
Vitamin K2 and You
Vitamin K2, a little known nutrient just until a few years ago, has emerged as having a critical role in how the body uses calcium. It is tasked in moving and keeping calcium in the bones and out of places where it shouldn’t be, such as arteries, joints, the kidney and bladder where it can contributed to calcification, heel spurs, bone spurs and kidney and bladder stones.
Vitamin A: How much is too much?
This past week I had a new patient seeking advice on what supplements she should be taking to support her bone health, along with the health of her eyes and her immune system, and aid in preventing urinary tract infections. She came carrying a bag with over 20 different supplement bottles and explained why she took each one and the various websites or healthcare professionals who recommended each.
How much protein do your bones need?
Over the years there has been a lot of controversy as to whether protein is detrimental or beneficial to bone health. Early research suggested that a high protein diet caused an increase of calcium excretion in the urine. It was assumed that the increase in urine calcium was due to calcium loss from the bones, suggesting that high protein diets were detrimental to bone health.
Osteoporosis: East meets West
Western Medicine looks at the body as machine, each organ a gear that must turn correctly for the machine to work. Eastern medicine looks at the person as an extension of all life and effected by all entities on earth, and to be truly healthy, needs to be balanced within as well as with the surrounding environment.
Are you eating the right fats for your bones?
You’re living a healthy lifestyle, but why are you still losing bone? Maybe you have been exercising more, increasing your consumption of green leafy vegetables, and have even cut down on the so called “bad” fats in favor of consuming more “healthy” fats. Well, it may have something to do with the kind of “healthy” fat you are eating.
Vitamin D: Beneficial or Bogus?
“Vitamin-D Deficiency Makes Bones Age Prematurely” “Vitamin D won’t help you avoid bone fractures and taking too much is not safe” “Calcium and vitamin D: the backbones of bone health” “Vitamin D supplements might not actually prevent osteoporosis” Are you as...
Holistic Pain Relief: Laura Di Franco’s Ultimate Guide to Healing Therapies, Modalities and Practices
This week I would like to share with you an AWESOME blog post written by my friend and colleague Laura Di Franco. In Laura's Guide to Healing Therapies, Modalities and Practices you will find a a wealth of knowledge on holistic healing, not only to...
