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
ISBN: | 9780761500223 |
Publication date: | 25th April 2002 |
Author: | Alan R Gaby |
Publisher: | Harmony an imprint of Harmony/Rodale/Convergent |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 304 pages |
Genres: |
Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions Coping with / advice about ageing Women’s health Musculoskeletal medicine |