HI @detective10 I have consulted with McCormick for many years (18 I think) and met with him in person twice.,. His first book was "A Holistic Approach to Osteoporosis" and his recent book is "Great Bones" (700 pages) as you probably know. McCormick did medications for his own osteoporosis (Forteo then Fosamax I believe) and is not anti-medication so not sure he is "alternative." For osteopenia or milder osteoporosis his more natural approach might be helpful but for scores that are more severe, or if we have fractures (I have several) he is very helpful on medication regimens.

I still see my wonderful doctor and use McCormick as an adjunct. My main endo does not do bone markers so a few times I have asked my PCP to order them after meeting with McCormick. McCormick is a chiropractor dedicated to osteoporosis.

Yes, I interviewed him for my podcast. He’s amazing
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517

Hello @detective10, I combined your discussion with an existing discussion titled, "Confused by doctor options to choose, including Keith McCormick" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/newbie-confused-by-doctor-options-to-choose-including-keith-mccormick/.

I moved your discussion here so you could meet the other members talking about alternative treatment options and trying to decipher what is beneficial and what is not. Osteoporosis in particular is susceptible to a lot of false treatment options and programs and deciding which is which can become murky.