How to Maintain Strong, Healthy Bones

How To Maintain Strong Healthy Bones

May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month – and there’s no better time to talk about preserving our bone health.

First, let’s start with the offenders. The Standard American Diet (SAD) consists of highly acidic foods and beverages. These include lunch meat, beef, pork, sausage, hot dogs, potato chips, crackers, white pasta, hard cheese, and sugary foods (like cookies, ice cream, sodas, and candy), plus beer and artificial sweeteners. And this is the short list. When our body is heavy on the acidic side, calcium (and some magnesium) is needed to neutralize the acidity to bring our body back into balance. But our body may be pulling it from our bones….READ MORE