“Bone loss! You can’t be serious?”  That was my reaction when my doctor made the diagnosis of 1% bone loss due to age-related osteoporosis. Although 1% is totally in the normal, acceptable range for a woman my age, yet, considering the amount of repetitive impact exercise I do like running and strength training, I was […]

What’s the best calcium supplement? NONE. Well, that’s according to the medical center at Johns Hopkins University. Here’s a cheat sheet from Johns Hopkins, if you can. Let me just say, however, that even my health-conscious, mindful-eating self has a lot of trouble absorbing enough nutrients for bone health in my regular diet.