Diet, lifestyle changes and medications for osteoporosis treatment

Just to add there is no “one place“ to go for an osteoporosis diet because at our advanced age, there are other issues which must be considered. However, the good news is that your body is like a machine and overall good habits are most important!
1) drink, plenty of fluids, like a little squeeze of lemon in your water and plenty of water!
2) exercise: as much exercise as you can practically work in and enjoy. The keyword is to enjoy or you won’t keep it up.(for me it has to be a variety of exercises. I find one repetitious with the exception of walking.) exercise helps your machine body process the foods you eat better!
3) eat a well balanced diet. Use food like medicine. Try not to get caught up in trends. There’s a lot of them out there with the Internet. I see it all the time.
4) walk to the longevity of your ancestors. Our cultural/ethnic differences may make a difference in the eating habits that we should or shouldn’t follow up on. My particular family ends up being lactose intolerant and having inflammatory reactions to things. By avoiding foods, which caused those inflammatory reactions like gout, any insulin resistance I am much better off. Take a few of those genetic tests, which can be translated into valuable nutrition information. (That’s how I found out. I was lactose intolerant. It changed my life!)
4) remember that people who make money off of medical/nutritional advice may have an agenda and they don’t offer you the truth. Dr Gundry is one of those people who I think misdirects the truth for his own pocketbook. People who have something to sell you usually manipulate information for their agenda. For example, I don’t think “leaky gut” is a thing. Your gut is normally porous and it needs to leak so your body gets the nutrition it’s after! But you can put damaging holes in your gut, but it’s not usually the way he advances it. There is a great site at Monash University which offers free information diet recipes for the FODMAP diet, which is helpful for most people with IBS and related issues. It’s totally free yet. People will pay to get the same information that is manipulated from snake oil salesman.
5) remember that your body is complicated and the truth for each individual needs research time. If you don’t have the research time, just stick to the basics you were taught as a kid: a good assortment of fruits and vegetables with a lot of citrus and leafy greens, whole grains, and complex starches(favoring, soluble fiber not insoluble fiber) , a good selection of low lactoseor non-lactose dairy and eggs, and lean meat a variety heavy on fish. Keep processed foods, salt and sugar to a bare minimum. Drink plenty of clean water every day.!

@loriesco, I agree with your comments regarding the snake-like salesmen. There is so much information to wade through. I have been thinking about genetic tests or other general tests to help me understand my body and reactions to certain foods. Do you have any suggestions on where to find this testing? I try elimination diets and for some reason, I am not sure I am learning anything. Looking for test recommendations. Thanks

@imallears thank you for the suggestions. I'm trying to avoid taking meds if possible. The meds don't rebuild the bones, they just slow down deterioration. I've read that a good diet works much better for osteoporosis. That's why I'm trying to find any information that leads to which foods are best.

@bswpb I wonder if you have any recent studies on carbonated beverages. I also used to think they were bad, but I have heard from many experts lately that data now shows that is false and carbonated beverages are fine as long as they don't contain excess phosphorus, like colas. It's the phosphorus that prevents calcium absorption and not the carbonation. Just putting this out there because there are already so many things we have to avoid, that if you enjoy bubbly water as I do, there seems to be no reason to deny yourself that.