I reversed osteoporosis without drugs

I am a meat eater and yet my blood protein level is at the point where I was labeled malnourished because of the low value. (just within normal range). Check the results in your metabolic panel to see where you stand.

Do you remember how it is listed in blood work results.

Protein, total.

@awfultruth, this is an awful truth (see what I did there! ha).

I can't consume that much protein in a day. How do you do it?? Ugh. I'll check out Donald Layman. Thanks for the recommendation.

I am also in the 90 - 95 percentile for women on my heart, but not one of the three cardiologists I've seen has mentioned not taking calcium. The only concern came up when I started investigating Evenity, The rheumatologist I saw recently found two studies that showed that Evenity can potentially make coronary calcium worse. He wasn't quite willing to take a hard line against Evenity for me based on those studies, though.

I am impressed that you have been able to make improvements to your bones with a WFPB diet and exercise. My brother is a huge fan of this diet and has been trying to get me to try it. I'm quite okay with just eating plants and grains, but I'd have a hard time giving up my kefir, yogurt, milk and cheese. Those are my staples.

Also, thank you for the advice on kale powder. I will have to look for that.

It's been over a year since your last post. Would you please give us an update on how your next DEXA scan went?

Take good care!

Hi, a newbie here:
What does WFPB stand for?
I have been doing weight lifting, Zumba, and Dr. Fishman's yoga as well as trying to eat low carb pescetarian since diagnosis a few months ago. I am looking for further resources but I haven't heard of this diet. Thanks!

My bone density results improved from 10 years ago according to a recent DEXA scan to my surprise. I didn't do a lot except take a supplement that I put a friend on to help heal his broken neck and which his neurosurgeon and orthopedic physician approved. I started taking the stuff because it was just sitting on the kitchen counter. It includes what I think of as the bone-support trinity of algae-based house, vitamin D3 and K2 plus trace minerals including boron.

Otherwise my bad eating habits and everything were still in effect, including drinking a lot of coffee which I now know is bad for the bones so has been curtailed. [I have a sneaking suspicion that I might have lost a lot of bone density earlier in life because of some lifestyle factors like erratic diet, etc.]

I'm done a lot of research and reading the studies about bones and bone health over the past year. I'm taking this stuff seriously because I hope to never ever take any of the currently available osteoporosis drugs. One thing that I found encouraging was that exercise, especially resistance training, results in the bones and muscles engaging in a feedback loop. That is subjecting bones to appropriate and safe stress, over time, can trigger or speed up bone cell reproduction. And some of the information that the bone needs is communicated by the muscles being used.

It's almost as if the body is asking if this is the new normal, this level of activity, and if so decides to prepare for it. For some reason I thought that was profoundly encouraging and just further reconfirms my appreciation for the mysteries of the human body. But it's also a really good argument for thoughtful resistance training beyond the obvious benefits.