Healthy Bones: What You Should Know about Osteoporosis

by Nancy Appleton

Book Overview

"Healthy Bones" investigates the underlying causes, not just the symptoms, of calcium loss associated with osteoporosis. Explaining the importance of body chemistry, the author then shows how to correct potentially dangerous imbalances with sensible food planning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895294621
• ISBN13: 9780895294623
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

DEMOLISHES THE MILK MYTH!

Appleton's well-documented yet reader-friendly book shows that maintaining healthy bones is not based merely on ingesting dairy products, despite what the billboards proclaim. In fact, she shows us that excess dairy consumption can actually CAUSE osteoporosis. Since I can't eat dairy foods, I found much reassurance in her book. For a long time I wondered why the heavy milk and cheese eaters I have known seemed to lose their teeth, bow their backs, and break their hips in spite of all the calcium they had consumed. Appleton explains that there are other factors which cause osteoporosis which we don't hear about in the mainstream press, such as excess protein, sodium, and sugar. I've been following her suggestions for about a year, and my forty-seven-year-old bones and joints are feeling very good these days.

Homeostasis key to Osteoporosis

Your bones are more than your calcium/magnesium balance. This book takes the mystery out of understanding why the body loses calcium and how we can reverse the problem without massive doses of minerals. The key is understanding how our diet and lifestyle damages our bodies efforts to stay in balance, homeostasis. I read the older edition of this book and maybe it has improved in the area of recipies and nutrition but the theory is great. If the new edition has the latest nutrition information about glyconutritionals and biochemical balance then I would up the grade to five stars.