The Bone Density Diet: 6 Weeks to a Strong Body and Mind

by George Kessler, Leen Kapklein

It's a fact. As a woman, you are at risk for developing osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and related diseases as you grow older. What you ate as a young woman and what you eat now, and how often you exercise and the kind of exercise you do, can contribute to these conditions appearing later in life. Are you getting enough calcium from milk and other dairy foods? Should you stop drinking coffee and soda? How much calcium should you take every day, and when? Should you start hormone replacement therapies to protect against osteoporosis? The advice you get on these and other vital questions is confusing and often conflicting. How do you separate the fact from the fiction? The answer is in your hands. The Bone Density Diet cuts through the noise of contradictions, information, myths, and outdated assumptions to give you the first complete, scientifically sound, preventive, and restorative program for sturdy, resilient bones--guaranteed to make you feel younger, healthier, and more vital.

It's never too early or too late to start The Bone Density Diet. Whether you are in your teens or passing through menopause, you can start now and experience immediate results. Even if your bones are already weakened, The Bone Density Diet will help restore their strength. If your bones are healthy, The Bone Density Diet will keep them that way. With this revolutionary preventive and healing program--featuring easy recipes, simple yet effective exercises, and a 21-day meal plan--you can rebuild your bones and your health while discovering

- How to evaluate your own bone density through a quick questionnaire
- Which foods are best for your bones--and which to avoid
- How you can increase your bone metabolism by 25 percent in only one year
- Whether you should throw away your calcium supplements or use a different kind
- Why age is not the most important factor in bone density and osteoporosis
- Why yoga, tai chi, and qigong are the best kind of exercise
- Whether hormone replacement therapies are right for you
- Why coffee is better for you than soda
- How memory and energy levels increase as your body heals and becomes stronger

A thoroughly researched, bold new way to achieve optimal wellness, The Bone Density Diet is for any woman who wants to stay strong, fit, healthy, and full of energy now and for the rest of her life.

Genres: Health

448 pages, Hardcover

First published January 4, 2000

Reviews

[Nivesh Kumar]

Your inner strength, your desire, is just like the body - like a muscle. If it is used repeatedly and appropriately, it becomes stronger.

[Victoria]

This is such an amazingly well-written and informative book! It reads like a novel, (well, almost!) yet it is full of vital information every woman needs to know about how to have strong bones for a lifetime (and avoid osteoporosis a few decades from now!)However, I don't agree with the author's view of yoga; I believe yoga is wrong for any Christian to participate in- but that's another topic.

Did you know that about 90% of your body's calcium is stored before the age of 20? We are at the prime bone-building part of our lives!

[Mary-Jean Harris]

This was an interesting book with a lot of useful information. It was very comprehensive, and the author definitely knows what he's talking about. The only thing I didn't like was how it was structured into 6 weeks and how they laid out your 'homework', which I just ignored. Also a bit too many "case studies" of people who had/have osteoporosis. But overall, a very useful book, and well-written.

[DJ]

Have been reading various books on bone density and osteoporosis lately. This book, thus far is the best. I like how the author presents the different therapies, HRT, the natural approach with foods and natural hormones. She provides info on bone building drugs. I realize I must choose one of these directions to go in, and I like how this author covers them all. Informative. Exercises, menu's. It's all here.