Have You Been Diagnosed With Osteopenia or Osteoporosis?

Say No to the Drugs and Learn Ways
to Improve Your Bone Density NOW.

It is natural for our bones to stop growing and start getting weaker in the second half of life, after menopause. It's really not a disease!
BUT the death rate for women is higher from the fractures relating to Osteoporosis than from breast cancer, so we do need to pay attention and learn how to keep our bones strong.

The cause is 70% genetic. We have the bones of our ancestors. White and Asian women have a higher level of bone loss that Hispanic or Black women. See the first article for more complete background information.

Up until a few years ago doctors said there was nothing we could do to affect this bone loss after menopause, but now we know differently. There are many ways to increase the strength of your bones, ranging from weight-bearing exercise through diet and certain supplements.

On this site there are a series of articles with some solutions for building bone. There is not just one way. The one way that doctors most commonly recommend, the bisphosphonate drugs (Fosamax, Actinil, etc.), are highly suspect because of the long-term effects. Read about that in article 1, then try some of these alternatives. You can always go back and get a prescription if nothing works. But that is highly unlikely.

It's easy to get overwhelmed! Why don't you bookmark this site and read one of the articles every day until you have decided which solutions are for you. You could do them all, but it's probably better to add one every week or so. Sometimes when we make too many changes all at once, some part of us rebels and we dump the whole effort.

You can drop some lifestyle factors that are weakening your bones (see article 5) and add some of the factors that create more bone at the same time. Just don't overdo it. Your bones crested the building wave in your late thirties, so if you are just past menopause you have many years to turn the tide back to building bone again.

Of course if you had known in your thirties what you can learn on these pages, then you wouldn't have any problems now. But who in their thirties is thinking about the bones they will have when they get old? In our thirties we were either invincible or way too busy with immediate problems. We looked at old women, bent over and humpbacked, and we never thought that might happen to us.

So, go to it, read the article index and pick the titles that you are most drawn to. The material in the articles is drawn from numerous sources, mostly alternative medicine doctors' newsletters accumulated over the years. In most cases I have been using the information for years and made it my own. If you are interested in more information on any topic you can research it yourself in Google. I included some references if they were accessible, but if they were just listings of a medical article that couldn't actually be read then I haven't listed them.

The good news is - I have just finished making a double dvd set that will give you all of this information in an easy listening format. The second dvd shows you exercises that you can do at home to improve your bones. I was a movement therapist for years and these exercises really work. Check it out here.

I will post any news items with comments in my blog (web journal) so you can stay up-to-date on anything to do with Osteopenia or Osteoporosis.

Trust yourself, see what zings for you and read that first. Many of the solutions for your bones will affect the quality of your life as well - for the better!
Good health.

Note: This site was written for women because they are at higher risk for osteoporosis than men but it applies just the same to men - excepting for the article on bio-identical hormones. I researched initially for my own benefit. But I wrote this site because most of the information on the net is backed by the drug companies - or the medical associations that are backed by the drug companies.

They'd love to get every woman over 50 on their drugs until they die, and as many drugs as possible. That's their bottom line. My bottom line is to give women the tools and information they need to stay healthy.

Disclaimer: Nothing on this site is to be construed as medical advice. I am not a medical practitioner and have no ability to diagnose or treat disease. This site is intended for informational purposes only. Everyone should make their own health decisions after getting all the information they need.

Have You Been Diagnosed With Osteopenia or Osteoporosis?

Say No to the Drugs and Learn Ways to Improve Your Bone Density NOW.

Say No to the Drugs and Learn Ways
to Improve Your Bone Density NOW.