Posted on 08/26/2009 8:45:36 PM PDT by neverdem
So we’re more cushy in the tooshie.
Walkers being replaced by electric scooters!
More couch potatos ....
“the rare advantage of carrying extra weight....”
You’re also less susceptible to hypothermia!
My 87 year old mother just broke her hip four months ago. She was going to take a nap and tripped on a shoe. Flipped her head over heels. She didn’t have the cordless phone (we bought her three) and had to scoot around the bed to get to the phone. Wasn’t osteo that caused her to fall, just an accident. By the way, she’s back at home, living alone. Just do her laundry, and vaccum.
1) knowledge that osteoporisis was the culprit.
2) increased calcium in diet
3) weight bearing exercise.
Why the great mystery..Focus on Fitness and nutrition have been the norm for the past 30 years.
It’s the low fat, low protein diet that does it.
Have your Mom start taking 5000 units of Vitamin D3, try to convince her to increase protein and animal fats.
The Fosamax is not a good idea. I followed the above and totally turned around my osteopenia.
You are blessed that your Mom is healthy and active - may those genes be passed on to you - that said - you're right - ObamaCare will kill off the best of American medicine...
She won’t listen to me. I’ve given up and am just watching my own health regime. Agree about Vit D. And Weights! (not Barbie weights, either).
Seems like a good possibility.
Heh...well, you had better keep up your reading - these currently healthy things keep changing with new science...
Actually, they really don’t always have a clue, just do what you would think is healthy and you would probably be right more often than your Doctor. Common sense usually works...
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