| Did you know that: | | | | 6. smoking |
| - 1 in 4 postmenopausal U.S. women has | | | | 7. certain drugs, like antacids (Tums), steroids, |
| osteoporosis? Are you silently losing your bones? | | | | diuretics |
| - Americans eat more cow's milk and its products | | | | - animal protein is the biggest calcium robber of |
| than most countries in the world, yet American | | | | them all? Yes, you got it - that means the beef, |
| women 50 and older have one of highest rates of | | | | poultry, pork, lamb, even fish, eggs, and dairy |
| hip fractures in the world, says T. Colin Campbell? | | | | products you have eaten all of your life could be |
| What? How is that possible? | | | | dissolving your bones (I know, it's hard to believe, |
| - hip fracture is fatal in 12-20% of cases and | | | | but the evidence is compelling in "The China |
| leads to long-term nursing home care in 50% of | | | | Study" by T. Colin Campbell). |
| people who survive? Scary. A nursing home for | | | | - prescribed drugs for osteoporosis build bones by |
| life, or worse. | | | | only 1% to 7%? |
| - if you walk just 4 hours a week, risk of hip | | | | - the common osteoporosis drug, Fosamax, is |
| fracture is reduced by 40%? Hey, that's not | | | | reported to have the serious side effect of |
| much at all! | | | | deterioration of the jaw bone? Oh, no, not my |
| - countries which consume the most whole plant | | | | talking and chewing bone. |
| foods and the least meat and animal foods and | | | | - if you are sedentary for one year you will lose |
| dairy products have almost no bone fractures | | | | 40% of your bone density? Yikes! |
| caused by osteoporosis? Amazing, huh? | | | | - you can strengthen your bones with diet and |
| - we can get plenty of calcium by eating plant | | | | exercise even if you have osteoporosis and |
| foods, just like large-boned, plant-eating mammals, | | | | osteopenia - at almost any age? Wow! It's never |
| such as cows, horses, giraffes, and elephants? | | | | too late. |
| Where do milking cows get their calcium? | | | | Isn't it about time to take care of your bones? |
| - osteoporosis in the U.S. is typically caused by | | | | Load up on whole, unrefined plant foods that have |
| what we eat that dissolves our bones, not by | | | | plenty of calcium (where do milking cows get their |
| lack of calcium in our diets? | | | | calcium for their bones, teeth, and extra milk?), |
| - the calcium bone robbers are: | | | | avoid those bad calcium thieves (animal protein is |
| 1. coffee (yes, even one cup a day) | | | | the biggest, baddest guy of all), and exercise |
| 2. soft drinks | | | | every day to build up your bones just like your |
| 3. white sugar | | | | muscles. |
| 4. salt | | | | Your bones and your body will thank you. |
| 5. alcohol | | | | |