You Can Fight-and Even Reverse-Bone Loss
How strong are your bones? At 35, a woman's battle against bone loss begins. And, it intensifies with menopause and beyond. Conventional medicine has offered such controversial therapies as estrogen replacement, a treatment that is potentially dangerous and only partially effective. Now, Dr. Gaby, one of the foremost authorities on nutritional and natural medicine, offers practical advice on osteoporosis that substantially increases a woman's chances for maintainting and even regaining normal bone mass. Inside you'll learn:
• How diet can help or hurt your bones
• How food allergies contribute to osteoporosis
• Which types of exercise are beneficial
• Why vitamin K is as important for bones as calcium
• And much more!
"A breakthrough approach to the successful treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis."
-Health News & Review
"Clear and practical. This book will help thousands of women create healthy bones. And for those who already have osteoporosis, it provides solutions and hope." -Christiane Northrup, M. D. , F. A. C. O. G. , bestselling author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Foreword
Aclmowledgments
Introduction: Is There Really New Hope?
1. Overview of Osteoporosis
2. What You Eat Affects Your Bones
3. Vitamin K: As Important for Your Bones as Calcium
4. Manganese
5. Magnesium: The Mineral That " Does It All"
6. Folic Acid
7. Boron
8. Vitamin B6
9. Zinc
10. Strontium
11. Other Nutrients: Copper, Silicon, Vitamin C, Vitamin D
12. Calcium: Important, But Not the Whole Story
13. How to Take Calcium
14. Estrogen Replacement Therapy
15. Progesterone: A Missing Link
16. DHEA The Hormone That " Does It All"
17. Do Food Allergies Contribute to Osteoporosis?
18. You Are What You Assimilate
19. Aluminum and Osteoporosis
20. Other Heavy Metals: Lead, Cadmium, and Tin
21. Does Acid Rain Damage Your Bones?
22. Exercise and Osteoporosis
23. Does Thyroid Hormone Cause Osteoporosis?
24. Other Therapies
25. Natural Remedies: The Orphans of the Medical Industry
26. Natural Remedies for Women's Health Problems
27. Summary and Recommendations
Appendix A: Intravenous Vitamin and Mineral Protocol
Appendix B: Allergy Elimination Diet and Retesting Program
Index
