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"Take below-average bone density among women in their forties and fifties, a condition that has been branded as "osteopenia," a precursor to osteoporosis that many doctors and patients believe has to be nipped in the bud with powerful drugs. Sometime between the ages of thirty and forty-five, women (and some men) begin to lose calcium in their bones, a natural process that may lead to osteoporosis, or truly brittle bones, by the time they are elderly. Brittle bones break more easily, and a hip fracture in a frail, elderly woman often leads to a host of complications that signal impending death." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"In 2003 this global market for osteoporosis drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel was worth five billion dollars, and analysts said then that they expected it to reach ten billion dollars by 2011. The sellers of the osteoporosis drugs had discovered that the side effects from some medicines can open up billion-dollar sales opportunities for other types of pills. The harm caused by medications may not be apparent for years, and even then it may be so subtle that scientists find it only when they look for trends among large groups of patients." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"This excessive animal protein creates acidity and a high phosphorus content that pulls calcium out of the bones, and therefore is a plausible explanation for why those with the highest dairy intake have the highest rates of osteoporosis. A 1985 study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that dairy products offer no protection against osteoporosis, probably due to the high protein content of milk.35 The bottom line is that calcium deficiency is not a threat to someone eating a plant-source-only cuisine. In fact, inadequate calcium intake appears not to be a problem at all." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Scandinavian countries consume more dairy products than anywhere else in the world, yet they have the highest rates of osteoporosis.34 As pointed in out in Conscious Eating and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, there is a problem of excessive protein in the diet. This excessive animal protein creates acidity and a high phosphorus content that pulls calcium out of the bones, and therefore is a plausible explanation for why those with the highest dairy intake have the highest rates of osteoporosis." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Osteoporosis Here are a couple of bone-chilling facts: Half of all American women over age 50 will suffer a fracture caused by osteoporosis sometime in their lives. And lest you think osteoporosis is a sexist disease, one in five sufferers is male. Osteoporosis causes bones to thin, making them more hkely to break when stressed. Most women with osteoporosis are past menopause. Though doctors don't know why, the drop in estrogen levels that occurs with menopause appears to speed the loss of bone mass. Lifestyle can play a role in bone loss, too." - Bill Gottlieb, New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine (Get the book.)

"An acid-forming diet, over the long term, will leach minerals from the bones, leading to osteoporosis. To reverse an osteoporosis condition, please reference Lesson 14: Sapoty Brook's CaPNaK Chart. Use the CaPNaK Chart to consistently introduce significantly more calcium-residue foods into your diet, such as lettuce, kale, collards, oranges, figs, broccoli, etc. in combination with specific seeds (flax seed, pumpkin seed, hemp seed). Additional help with osteoporosis can come from adding progesterone supporting nutritional supplements or foods into the diet." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"It's also important to mix in strength training a couple of days a week, to shore up your bones against osteoporosis. For younger women with PMS, I would suggest five days a week of aerobic exercise at the same level, but it might be a good idea to mix in more intense bursts like sprinting on two of those days, though not back-to-back. Some of the studies suggest that higher intensity effort has a more dramatic effect on symptoms such as irritability, anxiety, depression, and mood instability." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"If you already have osteoporosis or osteopenia, strength training can lessen its severity and, in some cases, reverse it. Research shows that strength training (along with your nutrient-dense SuperFoodsRx Diet) can also help minimize any bone loss that is sometimes experienced as the result of weight loss. Control your body fat. As you lose muscle, your body burns calories less efficiently, which can result in weight gain or slowed weight loss. The more toned your muscles, the easier it is to control your weight. Reduce your risk of injury." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Some properties of soy isoflavones, such as preventing osteoporosis (Anderson, 1999) and lowering cholesterol levels (Lichtenstein, 1998), may suggest an estrogen-related mechanism. Isoflavones are believed to exert their effects through ER signaling pathway because of the structural similarity to estrogen. However, experimental studies have found that isoflavones at different concentrations may exhibit different effects (Martin et al, 1978). Genistein at concentrations lower than 1 (J." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"Additional help with osteoporosis can come from adding progesterone supporting nutritional supplements or foods into the diet. Coconut oil and maca powder are two excellent foods to help support the building up of progesterone for increasing overall hormone production. In conjunction with nutrition, weight-bearing exercise is important for healing osteoporosis. Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) tea also seems to be highly effective in helping increase bone density. Trade-Out After eating Sunfoods under the Sun for a sufficient period of time, the body begins removing everything that is improper." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.) "To reverse an osteoporosis condition, please reference Lesson 14: Sapoty Brook's CaPNaK Chart. Use the CaPNaK Chart to consistently introduce significantly more calcium-residue foods into your diet, such as lettuce, kale, collards, oranges, figs, broccoli, etc. in combination with specific seeds (flax seed, pumpkin seed, hemp seed). Additional help with osteoporosis can come from adding progesterone supporting nutritional supplements or foods into the diet." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"It's associated with a low-grade systemic inflammation that is related to increased risk for all diseases of aging, like osteoporosis, heart disease, and dementia." "Aren't these diseases occurring because people who eat junk food get fatter?" "Obesity is certainly a risk factor," Greg replied. "But eating junk food also creates chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The inflammatory response is good if we have an infection, but triggering it all the time by eating bad foods causes the body to produce chemicals that wreak havoc on our organs and arteries." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"The Framingham osteoporosis Study found that women who drank one cola a day—diet or regular— had about a 4 to 5 percent lower hipbone density than those who drank fewer than one cola a month.6 We know that cola contains phosphoric acid, which leaches calcium from the bones and this no doubt explains in part this negative outcome associated with excessive, regular soda consumption. do you achieve low cal? You take out the sugar or HFCS and replace it with an artificial sweetener." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a host of problems, such as osteoporosis and heart disease, but regular, "smart" sun exposure (about 15 minutes on the legs and arms) can help supplement your diet and make sure you're getting enough of this vital nutrient. Embrace a common history. Modern Nicoyans' roots to the indigenous Chorotega and their traditions have enabled them to remain relatively free of stress. Their traditional diet of fortified maize and beans may be the best nutritional combination for longevity the world has ever known." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Reduce the signs and symptoms of a variety of diseases and health conditions including arthritis, back pain, heart disease, depression, diabetes, osteoporosis, and obesity. How to Get Started Space limitations prevent me from presenting a full strength-training program for you here. You really need visuals—photos or a video or an actual trainer—to fully understand and customize the simple techniques you will incorporate in your strength-training program. But it's easy to find resources to help you get started." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"More women every year die from hip fractures — a vulnerability of osteoporosis — than from breast cancer. Women reach peak bone mass at around thirty, and after that they lose about 1 percent a year until menopause, when the pace doubles. The result is that by age sixty, about 30 percent of a woman's bone mass has disappeared. Unless, that is, she takes calcium and vitamin D (which comes free with ten minutes of morning sun a day) and does some form of exercise or strength training to stress the bones. Walking doesn't quite do the job—save that for later in life." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Black Cohosh Off-Balance Hormones and Their Effects Winding your way through the maze of information related to hormones and their physical effects is simply mind-numbing: Too much estrogen can cause weight gain, headaches, insomnia, bloating, and heavy periods, while too little progesterone can cause anxiety, depression, insomnia, pain, inflammation, osteoporosis, decreased HDL (or "good") cholesterol, and breakthrough bleeding." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Aside from osteoporosis, her health was strong. And her wits were sharp. Whenever I called, we would have detailed conversations about her earning master points in bridge or how she should manage her money. Her second husband died when she was in her early seventies, but she kept moving. When my mom was eighty-six, she tripped and broke her hip, which is just the sort of accident that sends about 1.8 million seniors to the emergency room every year." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "But it slowed her down—she was shuffling instead of walking—and her osteoporosis was progressing more rapidly, curling her spine and forcing her into a stoop. When her body slowed down, her mind followed suit: she stopped playing bridge and started watching soap operas. A friend took her to church on Sundays, but otherwise she didn't get out much. She was slipping mentally, but didn't have dementia yet—she knew perfectly well who I was, but she had less and less to say during our conversations. Then, the following year, she fell and broke her other hip." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"REPPED: Let's Look For Causes When we deal with rheumatism, arthritis and osteoporosis, we are more or less dealing in the same chemical realm of each one of these problems. All of these conditions come from the same chemical shortages in the body. We have to look at the causes of these troubles, because our work is one where we remove the cause, if at all possible, no matter how long it takes. Rheumatism is the "family" of all acute, chronic and degenerative conditions that involve soreness and stiffness of muscles, pain in joints and related structures. It includes all types of arthritis." - B. Jensen, Arthritis, Rheumatism and Osteoporosis (Get the book.) "My method of approaching the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis and osteoporosis is to use food and lifestyle changes as medicine. You must understand this idea before you can be well. You can use drugs to take away symptoms temporarily, but only foods can change your body to get rid of the cause of the problem. New tissue can be developed best with proper nutritional means. Now, in taking care of these cases, we have to recognize that we have to compensate for what has been done in past years by the patient." - B. Jensen, Arthritis, Rheumatism and Osteoporosis (Get the book.) "This emotional outlet can be a happy moment in life and can be helpful to the arthritic person, because the emotional life that comes from sexual frustration can cause a lot of trouble with arthritis, rheumatism and osteoporosis. There is a certain amount of stimulation that comes from the sex life. Some of that stimulation can never be exercised in any other way. It can be a helpful and corrective feature for the body. I do not believe that the sex life can be a determinant in ending our life, unless we abuse it. There is what is called a biological urge. There is a magnetic attraction." - B. Jensen, Arthritis, Rheumatism and Osteoporosis (Get the book.) "For the preceding reasons, we have to take the wholistic view when we take care of rheumatism, arthritis and osteoporosis. We have to raise the health level of every organ and body system, because all of them become affected by the conditions that brought on the joint problems and calcium imbalance. And, when we treat the whole body, we find that the joint problems and calcium imbalance are taken care of. The human body is a fragile machine, an instrument of a million strings. When we play harshly on those strings, we produce acids. We must find out how to play this instrument harmoniously." - B. Jensen, Arthritis, Rheumatism and Osteoporosis (Get the book.)

"With aging and the onset of osteoporosis, blood lead levels begin increasing as it's released from thinning bones. So it's possible for lead toxicity to increase without further exposure to lead. it is used by municipal water supplies as a "flocculating" agent to remove dirt, and it is widely used in food processing. In addition to cookware, it is also found in foil and utensils, antiperspirants, paints, cosmetics, and baking powders, as well as over-the-counter painkillers, antiinflammatory drugs, antacids, and douche preparations." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"We know that exercisers can reduce heart disease risk as well as risk of diabetes, osteoporosis, colon cancer, and high blood pressure as well as other disease risks. The very good news is that these benefits can be enjoyed with a regular, moderate physical activity such as walking. It's easy to set and achieve goals when you exercise-walk, particularly with the help of a pedometer. In fact, research has demonstrated that walking is the chosen exercise among people who lose weight and subsequently maintain their healthy weight." Your goal on the SlimDown is to walk 30 minutes a day." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"An Australian study on the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis using 120 postmenopausal women with low forearm bone density in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study compared several treatment combinations by measuring changes in the distal and medium forearm. They found significant bone loss in the group with normal bone density (control group) and the exercise group (change, respectively). Bone loss was significantly lower in the exercise-calcium group, and bone density increased at this site in the exercise-estrogen group." - Beth M. Ley, How to Fight osteoporosis & Win: The Miracle of Microscrystalline Hydroxapitite (McHc) (Get the book.)

"Several other health programs already recommend this, including the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet for reducing heart disease and for osteoporosis prevention. Folic acid (folate). Judith Christman, PhD, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is studying how diets lacking folic acid encourage the cancer process in general. "When diets lack folic acid," she explains, "the structure of the cell's genetic material becomes disrupted. If cells misread normal or read damaged genetic information and reproduce, cancer can develop." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"As in the prevention of osteoporosis where we want to build our bones while we are young to help us preserve them longer through the aging process, the same is true for sarcopenia. We want to build our muscle mass now to prevent premature aging. As it is important to engage in dietary, lifestyle, and exercise strategies to ward off osteoporosis in our later years, we must do the same to ward off sarcopenia." - Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon, Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control (Get the book.) "The combination of osteoporosis and sarcopenia results in the significant frailty often seen in the elderly population. The degree of sarcopenia as we age is a predictor of disability and is linked to decreased vitality, poor balance, slower gait speed, falls, and fractures. As in the prevention of osteoporosis where we want to build our bones while we are young to help us preserve them longer through the aging process, the same is true for sarcopenia. We want to build our muscle mass now to prevent premature aging." - Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon, Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control (Get the book.)

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