Strong Bones Forever − by Dr. Raymond Hinish

This doctor of pharmacy would like for fewer people to take (or need to take) osteoporosis medications. Indeed, as the subtitle suggests, the focus here is on drug-free solutions.

And not just because “natural is better” as an argument without evidence, rather, he talks about the limitations and drawbacks of osteoporosis medications (which we wrote about previously, but he has more room to go into more detail), whereupon some osteoporosis meds may do more harm than good.

His method boasts improvements in bone density by 11% or more in two years, and covers such topics as:

• which calcium (and why no, dairy is not what you want; it contains things that inhibit calcium absorption, so the calcium will be stuck in your arteries instead of your bones)
• which minerals are more important than calcium, and why
• common mistakes that many people make that sabotage their bone density

It’s about more than just diet though; he does also talk about hormones, and not just other lifestyle factors, but also many “industry secrets” that aren’t really secrets per se, it’s just, people outside of the industry don’t usually know them—pertaining to things like how to get the most out of bone density tests (i.e. how to get better accuracy), how to meaningfully assess fracture risk, and, if choosing to take osteoporosis meds, how to minimize the risks and maximize the benefits.

The style is very direct and informational, very easy to read, remarkably jargon-free, and our only criticism is that there is no bibliography.

Bottom line: if you’d like to improve your bone density, this book can certainly help with that.

Click here to check out Strong Bones Forever, and have strong bones forever!