I reversed osteoporosis without drugs

My periods ran from age 15 to 45 but I did get hormone therapy due to out of whack hormones. My Gyn said mine was the most out of whack he had seen.

Maybe most of our bone loss occurred early and we have stabilized. That might be consistent with our BTM.

BTW, my wrists are the same size as yours.

@normahorn in my experience there was a big drop in bone density at menopause and then a slower rate after that. Same thing happened with an anti-estrogen drug for cancer: large drop at the start and then slower rate afterward. Not sure why but maybe the body adjusts? For me it never stabilized but the rate of drop definitely went down.

@fearfracture that is quite a story! I look at trends in DEXA and bone markers rather than absolute values.

How long do you fast?

When I first went on intermittent fasting it was before I realized I had breast cancer. It started early last spring and I would try not to eat after 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon. If I got too hungry I had a salad with broccoli beets celery and sometimes chopped onion which I love. I put on any kind of salad dressing but lightly. I got up early in the morning and still do like 5:00 a.m. and I must admit I ate like a horse. And I find I have to have meat somewhere in there I would eat an early breakfast eggs of course sometimes with bacon and refried beans. The pinto beans are really loaded with the minerals and then I know that they have iron. That's all I know about that. I'm not a nutritionist. I know what makes my body feel good by about 10:00 I was having hamburger or ham or leftover pork chop. I tried to stay from wheat products and that includes bread and buns etc. Of course I never ate or drank soda pop or a lot of candy or anything like that. Sometimes I would eat lunch or sometimes you could call pre-dinner at at around 1:30 or 2:00. To get through the evening I would drink a lot of water but no water after 6:00 p.m. if it got really bad around 5:00 I would have a cup of hot cocoa made with melted Bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips a little sugar and once that's pretty hot I add the milk heat it all up and stir .

I do intermittent fasting also. I usually eat dinner at 5:30 pm, and then don’t eat until lunch at noon the next day. There are times I am feeling more hungry at 10 am and will have a hard boiled egg. The protein helps me feel full. I do drink a lot of water, which our body, especially the bones need. I don’t limit it at any time. I have felt much better, more energy. Drinking water when you feel hungry helps curb the hungry feeling.
I may have some vegetable sticks around 3 pm. On Friday or Saturday evening I allow myself some snacking of popcorn or small dish of ice cream. I may have a cookie after lunch at times. I started this fasting off and on for a couple of years, and now getting consistent with it.

Biochemical markers of bone metabolism have been used in medicine to evaluate and provide treatment to patients with metabolic bone diseases like osteoporosis. It is a marker of osteoclast activity, used to assess the level of bone resorption (helps you determine how are you progressing on your meds)

I say this with love, but that sounds terribly unhealthy and maybe even disease causing. I recommend going organic, non-GMO, no red meat, no processed food. Organic pasture raised eggs and organic no-nitrates bacon if you must do bacon. I have studied this for years. Even some doctors and nutricionists are sadly unaware. I’m sending this in love, not judgment, open conversation, not close it.

Thank you for your concern. I tried vegetarianism long time ago. My daughter has been a vegetarian since she was 14 and she is now 51. When I tried vegetarianism I felt very weak and my energy left me. I tried all the tips for vegetarianism and protein alternative, but going without meat was impossible.. I have meat at least four times a week. Many times it is organic and I buy organic produce, always. The meat I eat comes locally sourced and I live in wisconsin. I'm still alive at 78. We all have to make choices that feel good or help us in any way. I m a blood type O positive. We are hunters from a long time ago. My daughter is not a blood type of any kind. She is an A or B I'm not sure. She takes after her father. She seemed to adapt to vegetarianism really easily. I found the book Eat Right For Your Type and I found it extremely helpful. That was a while back. But thank you for your reply it was very kind of you.

@saraabrooks I tried going vegan for 6 months and I think it’s
what lead to my health problems. I now eat lean meat, dairy, some vegetables and fruit, no grains. Like you pointed out, everyone must eat to what suits them.
I also do IF. I eat nothing after 6pm (started this because of horrible GERD at night while eating Vegan) and nothing before 10 am. I try to stay away from highly processed foods and sugar. Just got my labs back and I’m okay in most places.

My experience with vegetarianism and veganism was the same. I didn’t feel well at all.