Welcome to the Osteo Blast (now the Better Bones Blog!)
Greetings to all,
Some of you might be wondering why you have not heard from me for several months—no ...
Declining nutrient content of US foods
When we eat a carrot or apple today are we getting all the nutrients we have been told the food contains? The ...
How many women experience an osteoporotic fracture?
A few months ago one of our readers asked me to estimate just how many people in the U.S. actually experience an ...
Bone mineral density alone does not predict fracture
Recently, two international studies verified what we in the Center for Better Bones have been saying for years ...
Increase your potassium intake
Ever wonder if or why you should up your dietary potassium intake?
Potassium is a "hidden," yet great, bone ...
Smoking and Bone Loss- Are You at Risk?
It has long been suggested that smoking and bone loss are connected, but the extent to which smoking increased ...
High-dose vitamin K: New-found protection from bone fracture and cancer?
In September of 2008, I attended the large American Society for Bone Mineral Research Meeting held in Montreal, ...
How to tell if you are losing bone without a bone density test
While most doctors tend to monitor bone density with the dual-energy x-ray absorptiomentry (DEXA) test, there is ...
DEXA Scan Accuracy – How Reliable Is It?
Nearly every day I see women and physicians themselves getting very worried when a woman's bone density tests show ...
Vitamin D Deficiency and the Association with Hip Fractures
The recent explosion of research on vitamin D has made most of us aware that adequate vitamin D is essential for ...
What is the difference between vitamin D2 vs D3?
Vitamin D2 vs D3
Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol, is the natural form of vitamin D for humans. Vitamin ...
Tubal ligation linked to increased risk of spinal fracture
When I was researching the first edition of my book, Better Bones, Better Body, I came across a single scientific ...
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