November 15, 2012
I have been on the road with presentations in South Dakota and Southern Illinois recently. SD is state # 10 for me. I teach health care providers about the role...
October 28, 2012
People who are lactose intolerant develope digestive problems when they eat dairy products. Live culture yogurts or other “probiotics” may help in mild cases. Persons with more serious intolerance should avoid dairy...
September 21, 2012
A parent is worried about a teen-aged daughter who has decided that she is a Vegan. She has decided that she will be more healthy if she avoids all animal...
August 14, 2012
Sodium intake of less than 2500 mg daily helps preserve your bone health, decrease fracture risk, and prevent osteoporosis. It also helps prevent high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke....
August 11, 2012
More Salt in your diet can result in more Calcium loss from your bones. This also explains the association of Osteoporosis with Calcium containing Kidney Stones. Calcium containing kidney stones...
June 21, 2012
I see many patients who have failed to improve on osteoporosis medications. The vast majority of those patients are not getting enough Calcium and Vitamin D to succeed. Osteoporosis medication...
March 3, 2012
How can we Avoid Osteoporosis? That was the question at the “Blue Zones” meeting this week. The Blue Zones technique is to adopt healthy lifestyles leading to longer, healthier, happier...
January 15, 2012
My wife and I have just completed a week of “sitting” our 17 month old grandson, RJ. Very little sitting was involved except when he climbed on a lap to...
November 25, 2011
See and hear about Bone Health Basics on You Tube. I learn faster and better when I see and hear new information at the same time. Most other people do...
September 8, 2011
My grandson in Minnesota is saying goodbye to “natural” vitamin D until April. The sun is now too low on the horizon where he lives. Soon it will be too...