Protect Your Bones: Key Nutrients and Bone Boosting Recipes
World Osteoporosis Day takes place every year on October 20. The campaign, organised by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), aims to raise global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. Our bones are constantly being broken down and rebuilt in a process known as ‘bone turnover’. In our early years, bone is being built faster than it is being broken down, and we reach our 'peak bone mass' at some point during
Potassium Boosts Bone Health
A randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial has suggested that potassium citrate may have significant benefits for bone health (1). The research involved 201 healthy elderly men and women who received supplements each day for 24 months. All of the adults received a calcium and vitamin D supplement each day. In addition, the adults were given either a daily potassium citrate supplement or a placebo pill. After 24 months, bone mineral density was measured by x-ray. A sp
A Novel Way to Protect Bone Health
As a nutritional therapist, I am always interested in new dietary approaches to protect our health as we age. I was particularly interested to read about a recent study which found dried plums to be of significant benefit in supporting bone health. The study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, found that eating dried plums increased bone formation in postmenopausal women. Although bone is often thought of as inert, it is in fact a ‘living structure’, constantly be
