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overwhelmed by so much (often conflicting) info on natural approaches
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 15 1:45pm | Replies (137)Comment receiving replies
To swuelfing1:
I am right with you. I follow Dr. Brown’s Better Bones and the Bone Coach. But after my recent confirmed OP diagnosis, I started a gentle bone exercise program and joined a Facebook group on natural osteoporosis approaches. I thought it would be people sharing their diets and what seems to work. It’s not - it’s a way of eating and very little supplements that turns all conventional ideas on calcium, vitamin D, trace minerals, on their heads.
So I’m at a loss what to do. One diet says plant based, another says meat and fats is needed (I lean vegetarian). No one completely agrees which foods are acid (bad) or alkaline (good). Do you eat calcium in foods, including dairy (which doesn’t agree with me) or use fortified plant milks?
I look at studies too. Sigh….
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Just my personal experience…I tried a plant based diet for 6 months. At the same time I was under a lot of stress. I became almost completely incapacitated, to the point of not being able to get out of my bed and barely able to walk. My vitamin D levels were catastrophically low. I also was diagnosed with osteoporosis with pretty bad T scores. I realize now I was missing key nutrients in my plant based eating due to the fact I wasn’t getting enough protein or calcium. And my digestive system got all out of whack.
I’ve returned to a meat and vegetable diet with some fruit and I am 110% better.
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Yes, exactly! aagh.... I've been researching for a year and a half since my osteopenia diagnosis and I have decided on some credible people to follow (not that they're always in agreement either). I trust Dr. Susan Brown, Dr. Doug Lucas, Dr. Keith McCormick, I also think Lani Simpson and Vivian Goldschmidt (of SaveInstitute.com) have great info. Margaret Martin too.