Beautiful bones without hormones
Subtitle: the all-new natural diet and exercise program to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and keep your bones healthy and strong
By: Leon Root and Betty Kelly Sargent
Contributors: Sargent, Betty Kelly
Publisher: Gotham Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781592401345
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Osteoporosis; Alternative treatment
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: What Women Should Do to Prevent Osteoporosis Now That the Safety of Hormone Replacement Therapy Has Been Questioned by the Women's Health Initiative Study; title: Save Your Bones, Save Your Life; title: What Is Osteoporosis, Anyway?; title: Who Is at Risk and Why: Assessing Your Risk; title: Separating Fact from Fiction: The Ten Most Important Things You Need to Know to Prevent Osteoporosis; title: The New Bone-Building Medications: Fosamax, Actonel, Didronel, PTH, and More-Which Ones Work, Which Ones Don't; The Risks, the Benefits; Which Drugs Not to Take Together; title: The Dietary Secrets That Can Change Your Life; title: The Calcium Revolution: The Truth About Calcium; Why It Is the Most Important Mineral in Your Body, and the Most Difficult to Absorb; title: Let the Sun Shine In: How Five to Fifteen Minutes of Sunlight a Day Guarantees All the Essential Natural Vitamin D You Need; title: Little Things Mean a Lot: All About the Other "Must-Have" Nutrients to Boost Calcium Absorption; title: The Good, the Not So Good, and the Terrible: Which Foods to Eat; Which to Cut Down On; Which to Avoid Like the Plague; title: The 14-Day, Healthy, High-Calcium Diet; The 7-Day, Healthy, High-Calcium Diet for the Lactose-Intolerant; The 7-Day, Healthy, High-Calcium Diet for Vegetarians: Healthy Eating Plans to Help You Maximize Calcium Absorption-Naturally-from the Foods You Eat; title: The Simple, Long-Term Eating Program to Maximize Bone Strength: Thirty Tips on How to Add Calcium to Your Everyday Diet; title: Build Better Bones with Exercise; title: Bones Need Exercise Like Babies Need Love: The Simple Weight-Bearing, Muscle-Building Workout Program That Guarantees Results; title: The Safest Aerobic and Alternative Therapies: Walking, Swimming, Cycling, Dancing, Yoga, Tai Chi: Do They Help?; title: The Cookbook; title: Sixty High-Calcium Recipes; title: The Yummy High-Calcium Cookbook for Kids; title: Resources: Osteoporosis Organizations, Internet Sites, Food-Labeling Information, and Support Groups; title: Sources for Help and Information on Related Conditions.