Amy Lanou, Michael Castleman

Building Bone Vitality: A Revolutionary Diet Plan to Prevent Bone Loss and Reverse Osteoporosis--Without Dairy Foods, Calcium, Estrogen, or Drugs

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Produktbeschreibung

A compelling new book on bone health that debunks the conventional wisdom about calcium and dairy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9780071600194
• ISBN-10: 0071600191
• Artikelnr.: 25930734

Autorenporträt

Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of health and wellness at theUniversity of North Carolina. She is the author of Healthy Eating for Life for Childrenand has appeared in Time and Newsweek and on National Public Radio. Michael Castleman has been called "one of nation's top health writers" by Library Journal. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including TheHealing Herbs and Before You Call the Doctor, and his science journalism hasbeen nominated twice for the National Magazine Awards.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Why Can't We Make Bone Loss Go Away?
Chapter 1 Calcium Is No Cure
Chapter 2 Not All Research Is Equal
Chapter 3 What a Closer Look Reveals about Milk, Calcium Supplements, and
Vitamin D
Part 2: The Bone Vitality Cure: Low-Acid Eating and Daily Walking
Chapter 4 The Key to Building Strong Bones and Preventing Fractures: The
Acid/Alkaline Balance
Chapter 5 If Calcium Is the Bricks, Where's the Mortar We Need for Strong
Bones?
Chapter 6 Why a 40-Year-old "New" Theory Has Been So Long in Coming
Chapter 7 Evolving Toward Low-Acid Eating--Painlessly
Chapter 8 Simple, Delicious Low-Acid Recipes
Chapter 9 Walking Your Way to Stronger Bones
Chapter 10 Should You Take Osteoporosis Drugs Instead?
Part 3: Other Risk Factors for Osteoporosis and What You Can Do About Them
Chapter 11 Diabetes, Frailty, and Fractures
Chapter 12 Risk Factors for Fractures? Salt, Caffeine, Alcohol, Smoking,
Depression, and Several Prescription Drugs
Afterword: Save Your Bones and Save the Planet