Key vitamins for bone health — vitamin B12 (cobalamin)

Because of their role in the detoxification of homocysteine, vitamins B6, B12, and folic acid have all been recently added… Read More

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Key vitamins for bone health — vitamin A

Vitamin A plays an essential role in the development of osteoblasts, the bone-building cells that lay down new bone. A… Read More

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Key minerals for bone health — strontium

Strontium is a mineral that naturally exists and is present in small amounts in our food and water. Strontium has… Read More

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Key minerals for bone health — silica

Silica is the most abundant mineral on earth. We don’t fully understand its full range of functions in the human… Read More

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Paleo nutrition and bone health: what we can learn from our ancestors

As a nutritionist I can’t help but notice the contemporary shopping basket brimming with denatured, processed, and even synthetic foodstuffs.… Read More

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Key minerals for bone health — manganese

Like zinc and copper, manganese is a trace element that can profoundly affect bone health. Yet for a long time… Read More

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Key minerals for bone health — magnesium

Overall, magnesium assures the strength and firmness of bones and makes teeth harder. Since magnesium participates in an astonishing array… Read More

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Other key nutrients for bone health — essential fatty acids (EFA’s)

Conventional wisdom tells us we should cut the fat in our diet, and indeed, too much of the wrong kinds… Read More

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Key minerals for bone health — chromium

Chromium helps to keep insulin activity in the body efficient, an effect that may be bone-protective in a couple of… Read More

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Key minerals for bone health — calcium

Of all the minerals in the body, there is more calcium than any other. It makes up somewhere around 2%… Read More

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