Susan was very depressed to learn that her bone density test revealed she had Osteopenia. She had no idea that you could increase your bone health naturally.

She was afraid to take the heavily promoted bone drugs because of their horrible side effects, so she felt totally helpless. Fortunately, I was able to share with her some of the secrets for increasing bone density without drugs.

We talked about some of the side effects of continuing her haphazard way of thinking about food. Before long she might be facing other severe problems.

Susan knew her cigarettes were dangerous for her lungs, but she had never before heard that smoking is also bad for your bones, I shared with her that smoking uses up vitamin C. And vitamin C is absolutely necessary for us to absorb calcium into our bones. So until she could quit smoking (which she planned to do) she decided to up her vitamin C intake with supplements. Read the rest of this entry »