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Treating Osteoporosis: What works for you?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 3, 2023 | Replies (1084)Comment receiving replies
@nancyguy Trying to get the nutrients that support your bones is very difficult I am finding. I track my food on myfitnesspal. I started because as always, I am trying to drop some pounds, but the bonus is that it tracks nutrients such as calcium and protein too. I only discovered recently that protein is very important too, our bones are 50% protein. If you have osteoporosis the recommended amount of protein is more than otherwise. So now I am trying to eat more protein too and it's getting very difficult to do that and keep my calories down.
Fairlife milk is high protein so I buying that now and trying to have a glass or two of that a day, It was recommended to me because it's lactose-free and I am lactose intolerant. The high protein content was a serendipity. I know there are some decent protein powders but I am not sure which are good and which are not considered to be good. I will try to research that more.
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@migizii your (nancyguy) discussion on nutrients as it relates to osteoporosis is very interesting. My endocrinologist is recommending I increase my calcium supplements to 1200 mg split 3x a day, but it is causing constipation. This, I am not following his recommendations exactly. Other than prunes (which I might try), do you have ideas in ways to increase calcium in your diet naturally and could possibly not cause constipation? Thx for listening and have a good day.
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Need to add protein powders to my diet. I've had to delete many foods from my diet (ckd, diabetes), but the biggest problem remains my IBS. If you would be so kind as to share what you find out about protein powders, I'd be a happy camper. Also, my husband has Dementia, which has affected his food-eating to a considerable extent. Anyone have sneaky ways to have him eat more nourishing meals, I'd appreciate hearing about them. One idea I've tried seems to work, and that is to ask my friends to save that little bit of leftover for me. It adds great variety to his diet, but relieves me of the problem of how to improve his diet without making quantities of food I can't eat.