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Blog posts about Bone Health

Bone Health Thoughts

I have recently re-remembered one of my favorite bone-building tips… one kind of non-obvious bone-building food, a simple exercise, and a comment about lab tests. Bone-Building Foods Building bones starts with protein and—if you tolerate dairy—calcium- …


COLOSTRUM for newborns and … adults?

Imagine a newborn baby, suddenly exposed to the outside world after a completely protected life growing in their mother’s womb. Not entirely on their own, new babies are strengthened to interact with the world by a special food in early breast milk: Co …


No Gym, No Problem

  Not having access to a conventional gym needn’t be a barrier to experience the benefits of resistance/strength training. In fact, there are many downsides to most facilities and many upsides to training at home, in a park and so on. One only needs a …


Bone Health

We don’t often think about them, but we can’t do anything without them. Our bones pretty much take care of themselves up to the age of “peak bone.”  Throughout our lives, our bones are constantly “remodeling” – clearing out the old parts and replacing …


Move Your Bones

An exercise list for bone health “Structure determines function” is a cliché most of us have heard since as far back as we can remember. As such, we (the scientific community notwithstanding) often accept this as a truism even as it pertains to the hum …


Feed Your Bones

A shopping list for bone health Throughout our lives, our bones are working hard to be the best bones possible for the ease, comfort and strength of the entire body.  Bone repair and rebuilding is an energy-demanding task that changes in intensity over …