Are bagels putting holes in your bones?

Well, maybe that sounds a little crazy but stick with me on this.

When I say bagels, I’m really talking about the gluten in bagels and other wheat products.  That includes bread, pasta, donuts, cupcakes, cookies, and a multitude of processed foods that add gluten.

(more…)

The last thing you should be taking for your bones is a calcium supplement.  And don’t even think about drinking a glass of milk.

That’s according to Dr. Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD.  In his recent book Death By Calcium he turns everything you thought you knew about bone health upside down.  Starting with calcium.

(more…)

NOTE:

Go to Magic Action Box below the blog post

Select Action Box >> Disable

Select Action Box Placement >> Manual

Insert where you want the action box to appear the following shortcode (copy and paste this code below)

[magicactionbox id="2773"]

1- Select Feature Image (Right column)

1.1 - Be sure that the original image is not to big (Ideally less than 600px...) If so you need to edit it to make it smaller.

1.2 - Be sure that the image as a good title for SEO (i.e., that has one of the keywords)

2- Decide where to insert the MORE tag - sometime some copy edit is needed.

3- Cut any Image above the MORE tag and find a place for it below the MORE tag

4- Fill in the PlugIn info WordPress SEO by Yoast (Keyword | Title | Meta description)

5- Revise call to action

6- Localize subtitle and clear any formating (using the eraser icon)a and then be sure that headlines are (

Do you know how much calcium you’re really getting from your food?

I’m not talking about how much calcium is in the food you eat.  I’m talking about how much of that calcium your body actually absorbs.  Scientists call it bioavailability.

Here’s what it means.  (more…)

Do you love the summer like I do?    Summer brings brilliant berries and pesty mold.   Berries are so good for our bones.

Keeping them fresh - What about the mold that grows so quickly?

Have you ever purchased a pint of those mouthwatering local raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries to find them growing mold the next day? Total bummer!

(more…)

Eating chocolate is almost a spiritual experience for me.  I turn it into a meditation.  I sit down.  I close my eyes. I place one square of dark chocolate on my tongue.  I don’t chew.  I just let the chocolate take its own good time to melt into my body.  I taste the bitterness and the sweetness.

But I really love chocolate because it's so good to my bones.

(more…)

Can you really reverse bone loss naturally?  Without medication?  I get these questions all the time.

And today I want to share some pretty exciting news.

Drumroll, please…..

Doing just 10 minutes of yoga a day can make the difference between bone loss and bone growth.  Here’s how I know. (more…)

Here are 5 reasons your bones love mushrooms.  Did you know there are more than 38,000 varieties of mushrooms in the world?  It’s pretty astounding.  Some are superfoods, some are medicinal, and some are deadly poisons.

But no matter what kind of mushrooms you eat (except the poison ones!) your bones will thank you.

(more…)

Brittle Bones and fluoride?  Is it the water?  When I was growing up in the 1950s, the government added fluoride to our drinking water.  That was supposed to be the end of tooth decay.

But when I was 8 years old my dentist told me I had more cavities than teeth!  So I guess the fluoride didn’t work for me.

But I’m not alone.  A National Institute of Dental Research study of 39,000 U.S. school children found 1 part-per-million (ppm) of fluoride in the water supply increased tooth decay 5.4%.[i]  A study of 400,000 Chinese students showed it increased tooth decay by 27%.[ii] (more…)