Berries Build Bones
Written by
Irma Jennings, INHC
Uploaded
July 16
My bones (Skelly) and I love the summer. Next week we'll spend time with friends at the beach and get lots of bone-building sunshine. And we’ll eat plenty of brilliant fresh summer berries.
Even though berries are tiny, they pack a powerful punch when it comes to your bones. Their beautiful reds, blues, blacks, and purples tell you that they are full of natural antioxidants.
Fishing For Healthy Bones
My bones love fish for lots of reasons.
For one thing, fish is a great source of lean protein to make your bones flexible so they bend without breaking. And fish can also give you plenty of healthy omega-3 fats.
But my bones are also picky about what fish they eat. Because depending on where your fish comes from, you might be getting more than you bargained for.
These Cruciferous Vegetables Feed Your Bones and Heal Your Body
I have to tell you about a TEDx talk that blew me away. It’s a riveting story about a doctor taking control of her own health.
Terry Wahls is an MD and an athlete. But in 2000 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She followed all the advice that mainstream medicine had to offer. But her condition continued to decline rapidly until she was confined to a wheel chair.
That’s when she turned to food and functional medicine. Today she is out of the wheelchair, active, energetic, and free of MS symptoms.
(more…)I had such fun being interviewed by Dorothy Mullen, "Cooking for the Health of It" on Princeton TV.
Feeding my bones brings me tremendous joy.
However, teaching my clients a variety of bone strengthening foods....well that tickles my bones. My clients food needs are varied. My clients care about food and their bones and include vegans, vegetarians and paleo eaters.
You know by now that Skelly and I are big fans of leafy green vegetables. But there’s another family of veggies we love just as much for bone health – maybe even more.
Know why? These veggies can have almost 10 times the amount of calcium as milk does. And unlike milk they also have all of the other trace minerals a body needs for strong bones. In fact, they can have 10 to 20 times the amount of bone-friendly minerals as other vegetables.
There’s snow on the ground today and my Skelly is chilled to her marrow. It’s the perfect day for bone broth.
Your grandmother knew a rich stock made from the bones of a chicken could cure a winter cold or flu. It soothes sore throats and builds up strength. An old proverb even claims “good broth will resurrect the dead.”
Did you catch my online bone event with Dr. Lani Simpson? Dr. Lani did not hold back about bones and the DXA Test during our lively conversation with 100 participants from all over the world. She’s the author of the “No-Nonsense Bone Health Guide” and there really was no-nonsense.
Dr. Lani talked about all aspects of bone health – food, supplements, exercise and more. But I noticed we got lots of questions on DXA test results.
I understand why there’s so much interest. The test results you get on your DXA scan can be very confusing. So here’s the scoop on what you must know before your DXA test and the different between T-scores and Z-scores.
Guest Blogger: Margie King
Science has once again shattered the myth that milk makes strong bones. A new Swedish study links drinking milk to higher rates of bone fractures and even death.[i]
The study tracked the eating habits of over 60,000 women for 20 years and over 45,000 men for 15 years. Researchers found that drinking more milk did NOT lead to lower risks of bone fracture. In fact, women who drank three glasses of milk per day broke more bones. Compared to women who drank less than one glass per day, heavy milk drinkers had a 60% greater risk of breaking a hip and a 16% higher risk of breaking any bone.
But it gets worse. People who drank more milk also had a higher risk of dying from any cause. For every glass of milk they drank every day, women had a 15% higher risk of death and men had a 3% higher risk.
Today I want to tell you about my colleague Dr. Lani Simpson. She has a great story to tell. You see, Dr. Lani is a chiropractor who taught people about bone health for years. Then in 1994 at the age of 45 she was diagnosed with osteoporosis. And she was shocked.
She was shocked because she ate well… and was physically active...a long time roller skater… and never had a broken bone.
