Osteoporosis and Nutrition

by Margaret Martin on May 16, 2012

in Osteoporosis Nutrition

A comprehensive review of the essential ingredients for bone health and osteoporosis was recently published in the Open Orthopaedics Journal. The same article also provides a review of the availability of these essential nutrients in the average North American diet.

The review confirms many of the things published on this blog as they relate to diet and bone health and osteoporosis. It also offers some surprising findings regarding nutrients that are not well known but are important to building strong bones. In many cases, the average North American diet is deficient in these less well-known nutrients as well as being deficient in the more commonly known nutrients. Read the rest of this article

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