Building Bone Vitality: A Revolutionary Diet Plan to Prevent Bone Loss and Reverse Osteoporosis–Without Dairy Foods, Calcium, Estrogen, or Drugs
- ISBN13: 9780071600194
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Calcium pills don’t work. Dairy products don’t strengthen bones. Drugs may be dangerous. For years, doctors have been telling us to drink milk, eat dairy products, and take calcium pills to improve our bone vitality. The problem is, they?re wrong. This groundbreaking guide uses the latest clinical studies and the most upto- date medical information to help you strengthen your bones, reduce the risk of fractures, and prevent osteoporos… More >>
The nutritional information in this book is essential for anyone battling osteoporosis, or for younger women and even men at risk because of familial tendencies or other risk factors. The eating style given here can help enormously, while protecting from many cancers and other diseases.
Be sure to read Chapter 9, Bricks and Mortar, with care. Then look at the nutrient chart at [...] for a more comprehensive chart of nutrients, with recommended amounts. (Note: this is the web site for Susan E. Brown’s older but better written and worthwhile book, Better Bones, Better Body : Beyond Estrogen and Calcium. Also worthwhile: the chapter on osteoporosis in Food and Nutrients in Disease Management.
What’s wrong with this book? It’s so repetitive that it can be discouraging: I suspect that many readers give up before they get to the essential points about nutrients, exercise, etc. It makes the main point about low-acid diet over and over and over again. It is not as comprehensive as it could and should be about nutritional variety and about exercise. It almost ridicules osteoporosis medications and calcium supplements in the earlier chapters, possibly leading some people to give them up, then toward the end admits that they may help. It does not mention the importance of B12 until late in the book, and doesn’t mention vegans’ possible iron deficiency. It ignores sugar in all of its charts and discussion.
What’s right: a thorough look at research; a great listing of sources; enthusiasm for the important main point.
I hope that a second edition may remedy the faults and give all of us the resource we should have about osteoporosis.
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is helpful for anyone who wants an understanding of bone health and how excess protein leaches the calcium from bones. It is overly redundant, but she gets her message across that low-acid eating and weight bearing exercise contribute to bone health. Good for someone wanting unadulterated facts about osteoporosis and how the myth that milk, dairy and calcium supplements prevent osteoporosis is not supported by scientific evidence.
Rating: 4 / 5
Yes, there are alot of books out there on bone health. But put them all aside and clear your book shelves because you’ll only need one book now and that is Building Bone Vitality. The authors are impeccable with backing up every word with thousands of scientific papers steeped in evidence based research. Very important table to check out – Table 7.1 – The Effect of Common Foods on Acidity of Urine. What I especially enjoy is that not only is it informative for the layperson but health professionals such as myself also learn about a subject that seems to be all over the map in terms of solid scientific recommendations. Overall, easy read, super informative, inexpensive price. 5 stars!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is my best accidental find of the year. I stumbled across Dr. Lanou’s book while exploring the UNC Asheville Web site and was immediately drawn into the topic as I have long suspected that milk may indeed not do a body good.
If you can get past the generic cover with an overused stock photo, you will find a wealth of information to make your bones happy and healthy. The spirit of the book is definitely green and leafy. For anyone interested in just the facts without a lot of hype, this book will not disappoint you. You’ll also find several great recipes if you’re baffled as to how you can possibly survive without meat and dairy. There are no mysteries about how conclusions were made, as the authors provide a full list of references which are cited throughout the book.
The text is easy to read and stays focused on the task at hand. I read the entire book on a plane ride (2 hours on the runway assisted)and I am anxiously awaiting the author’s next publication.
Rating: 5 / 5
Eating lots of vegetables and fruits is certainly good for healthy bones, as is weight-bearing exercise. There’s nothing revolutionary about this news. Nor is the idea new that calcium is the main way to build bones. I’ve read other books advancing the “alkaline food theory” as the key to preventing or reversing osteoporosis, but I believe that building strong, resilient bones is more complicated than that. For example, more recent research shows that prunes are much more effective in reversing osteoporosis than raisins — yet this book’s chart shows that by the alkaline theory, raisins should be more effective. Also, judging fracture rates by country isn’t a fine enough analysis; fracture rates WITHIN China vary a lot, with vitamin K2 apparently a key factor (but probably not the ONLY factor).
Also, just adding up the number of studies pro and con various factors (protein, calcium, etc.) doesn’t take into account the way the studies were done. The longterm Harvard nutritional study of nurses relies a lot on the subjects’ memory of what they ate, and how much of it — the least reliable type of study. Most nutritional studies are like this — so it’s not surprising that there are so many conflicting conclusions.
Aside from the fact that this book doesn’t present anything really new, and overgeneralizes, it’s OK. Just don’t take it as enough by itself. And if you take medications or have any medical problems, do more research before dramatically increasing the amount of potassium and fiber you take in. See the “Contraindications and Precautions in the Alkaline Diet” section on page 515 of “Food and Nutrients in Disease Management” by Ingrid Kohlstadt, which you can preview at Google Books.Food and Nutrients in Disease Management
Rating: 3 / 5