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Top Menopause Tips
Although women spend 30%-40% of their lives in menopause, obstetricians and gynecologists get little formal education about menopausal health. The transition into menopause signals the end of her reproductive years and is often accompanied by uncomfortable, even debilitating, symptoms. Up to 75% of women experience hot flashes that can frequently last five years and, in some cases, ten years or longer. Learn which natural approaches can help.
Thinning Skin Signals Bone Loss
Skin changes warn you of thinning bones. This connection was first made in 1963 and is related to the health of your collagen. Skin collagen is required for elasticity, tone, hydration, and overall skin health, while bone collagen gives bones its ultimate strength and provides the scaffolding that binds minerals. When you have less collagen, bone becomes brittle and weak, and your skin thins, wrinkles, and sags.
Millions of Americans at Risk for Acid-Blocker Side Effects
Acid-blocking medications are some of the most widely prescribed drugs in the USA. The market is so large and lucrative that pharmaceutical companies have created more than a dozen different acid-blocking drugs. Research now indicates that taking a PPI is associated with bone loss, fractures, dementia, death, stomach cancer, kidney disease, and more. And you might not even need it since up to 75% of all PPI prescriptions have no appropriate indication.
The Genetics of How Long You’ll Live
Longevity runs in families, but how much of comes down to your genes? How much is predetermine, and how much can you control? The article reviews the research and teaches you what you can do to increase how long you live.
Why You Need to Combine MK4 and D3
MK4 and Vitamin D3 are synergistic nutrients. This article reviews the science and clinical trials, showing how they work together to improve bone density and maintain strong bones.
How to Exercise When You Have Osteoporosis
Good exercise gets you moving. Great exercise prepares you for your day. Whether getting in and out of a car, carrying groceries, bending to unload the dishwasher, or reaching to put the dishes away, exercise can help you do them all easier and safer. Ninety-five percent of all fractures happen because someone falls. So, it’s simple—prevent yourself from falling, and you’ve prevented yourself from breaking a bone.
The Gut-Bone Connection
Over the last decade, research has uncovered direct and indirect connections between the intestines and bones. This helps explain why gastrointestinal issues contribute to bone loss and empowers us to address this important underlying component of bone health. The common underlying causes of bone loss in all these situations are chronic inflammation, malabsorption, dysbiosis, and medications.
A Comprehensive List of Medications that Cause Bone Loss
The most commonly prescribed medications strip bones of minerals, damage collagen, and increase the risk of osteoporosis, falls, and fractures. This is a dangerous and important issue everyone needs to know about.
How to Reverse Your Biological Age
Getting older is inevitable, but aging is not. Aging is a gradual deterioration over time that increases your vulnerability to diseases, reduces your resilience, and hastens death. Fortunately, you can control how you age. Aging happens on three different levels—functional, cellular, and genetic.
What is the Best Calcium to Take?
There are many types of calcium on the market. There’s calcium carbonate, calcium citrate, coral calcium, calcium citrate-malate, algae calcium, and more. Learn which one the science supports and why you should be taking it.
How to Assess Bone Health
There are many ways to assess bone health and strength. While none of them are fantastic, combining tests creates a better idea of your overall bone health and what changes you can make to improve it. This article discusses different options and when you should talk to your doctor about getting tested.
How Hormones Affect Bone Health
Hormones control all aspects of your health, including your mood, metabolism, sleep, digestion, bone health, and, if you’re a woman, your menstrual cycle. You produce about 50 different hormones. Most people know that estrogen is important for bone health, but so are other hormones. This article reviews how some of these chemicals—estrogen, testosterone, thyroid hormone, oxytocin, serotonin, melatonin, and cortisol—affect your bones.
How Breast Cancer Affects Bone Health
Up to 80% of patients with breast cancer lose bone because of aromatase inhibitor drugs. The consequences are deadly because bone loss increases fracture risk. Patients with breast cancer who are hospitalized for a fracture have an 83% higher risk of dying compared to breast cancer patients who don’t fracture. Learn about these medications and what you can do to improve your odds.
Top Nutrients that Increase Dopamine and Serotonin
Your brain contains a mind-blowing number of nerves—about 1,200 cubic centimeters of nerves, which is only a bit larger than a quart of milk (946 cubic centimeters). In an instant, your miraculous brain can be moving your arms and legs, thinking about what you’ll have for dinner, remembering a conversation you had yesterday or a memory from elementary school, figuring out a problem, talking to a friend, and feeling love, hope, and joy.
How to Ensure You Get the Best Supplements
The FDA regulates the manufacturing of supplements, but not the quality of the ingredients or formulas. This leaves consumers vulnerable to either outright fraud or to inferior products. Answer the following questions so you can know if you’re getting your money’s worth.