Bone Health

Day 8 of 12 Days of Bone Health Holiday Tips Gut Health Hippocrates once said “All disease begins in the gut”.  If that is true, then everyone with symptoms or illness is walking around with a leaky gut, a microbiome that has an imbalance of bacteria, or digestive and stomach upset, diarrhea, constipation, and more, [...]

Day 5 of 12 Days to Bone Health Holiday Tips Superfoods to Strengthen Bones A “superfood” is a food that is rich in many nutrients and low in empty calories. Most superfoods are fruits or vegetables, but there are others as well. For bone health, a diet should include a healthy dose of brightly colored [...]

Photo by Yaroslav Shuraev   As we discussed last time, according to much new research, milk is not a healthy way to get calcium for your bones.   The dairy industry has done a great job the past several decades in convincing us that the most important mineral for our bodies is calcium, and that we MUST [...]

  This is a simple, quick, yet delicious way to get your greens in on a daily basis, and boost minerals to support bone health.   This a tasty side-dish that can accompany any meat or main dish. Turn this into a main dish by adding sausage, meat or beans.  Serve over rice. Bonus is you [...]

  Milk!  We have been told since we were young to drink our milk.  It's good for our bones!  And so, we drank up, ate up, fed on cheese, ice cream, milk shakes, cottage cheese, and more! It is true that milk has vitamins and minerals and is touted for its rich calcium content.  It [...]

Day 9 of 12 Days of Bone Health Tips Gut Health Hippocrates once said, “All disease begins in the gut”. If that is true, then everyone with symptoms or illness is walking around with a leaky gut, and a microbiome that has an imbalance of bacteria, or digestive and stomach upset, diarrhea, constipation, and more, and [...]

Weight That excess weight you are carrying around could be contributing to your bone loss. I know!  I know this is not what you want to hear, especially this time of year.  But being educated gives a weapon to help combat the eventual! Too much weight can have serious side effects for most of us, [...]

Day 8 of 12 Days of Bone Health Holiday Tips Hormones If you are like millions of Americans, you have either done so, or are in the process of making your New Year's resolutions.  Am I right? If one of your goals this year is to "get healthy", then stay with me.  I have lots [...]

We are halfway through my 12 Days of Bone Health Holiday Tips.  If you missed the first five tips for Bone Holiday Health, you can view them here: Tip #1 - MOST IMPORTANT!  Check your minerals - https://veronicashealthyliving.com/tip-1-of-12-days-of-bone-health-holiday-tips/ Tip #2 - Water for Bone Health https://veronicashealthyliving.com/portfolio-items/water-for-bone-health-holiday-tips-2/ Tip #3 - Stress https://veronicashealthyliving.com/portfolio-items/stress-a-major-killer-to-bone-strength-tip-3/ Tip #4 - Superfoods and Bone Health https://veronicashealthyliving.com/portfolio-items/tip-4-of-bone-health-holiday-tips-superfoods/ [...]

Inflammation How bad is inflammation on the bones?  We know that all chronic disease is caused by inflammation in the body.  In fact, inflammation is at the root of all disease, cancer, weight gain, AND bone loss. Bone loss is caused by inflammation that results from poor nutrition, obesity or overweight, medications and treatments, especially [...]