A new book on bone health by Dr. Keith McCormick. There is an earlier book that was an important contribution. Keith has an interesting back story that adds more impact on the value of this book. Read a very short version here and buy the book and READ it. It may help you or someone in your family, for sure. Great Bones, taking control of your osteoporosis…Great Bones
Taking Control of Your Osteoporosis
R. Keith McCormick is a chiropractic physician specializing
in the management of patients with osteoporosis. His new book,
Great Bones, is the most comprehensive compilation of information
about osteoporosis available. If you’ve been diagnosed with this
disease, you’ll find everything you need to know about regaining
your skeletal health. If you have osteopenia, you’ll learn how to
minimize your risk for further bone loss.
This book will empower you.
You may feel overwhelmed: What can you do about osteoporosis
and to whom do you turn for help? Great Bones will be your valuable guide.
You may feel frightened: Are you doomed to suffer a hip fracture?
Great Bones will give you strategies for how to avoid one.
You may feel confused: The internet is rife with (mis)information and your doctor may not be forthcoming with the most current science.
Great Bones will — in accessible language — explain the interconnectedness among all the body’s systems and their relevance to
bone loss.
WITH DR. MCCORMICK, osteoporosis is personal. An elite
athlete — an Olympic pentathlete (running, swimming, shooting,
fencing, and horse jumping), he suffered twelve fractures and was
eventually diagnosed with severe osteoporosis when he was just
forty-five years old, relatively young, particularly for a man. In order
to take control of his own bone disease, Dr. McCormick spent decades
reading everything he could find on its causes, treatments, and
most important, whether it was possible to stop it in its tracks.
This book is the culmination of his research and how his discoveries
helped him (he has not suffered a fracture in more than fifteen years and now takes part in Ironman competitions). It became his mission to help readers — women and men, athletes and nonathletes, primary care physicians and specialists — understand not just the basics of skeletal health but also the biological mechanisms of bone loss, diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests to identify its causes, and treatment interventions, both natural and pharmaceutical, to decrease fracture risk and put patients on a path to long-term sustainable bone health. “This book provides
readers with the knowledge necessary to take control of their bone
health.”
—Clifford Rosen, MD
Founder, Maine Center
for Osteoporosis Research
and Education
Associate Editor, New
England Journal of Medicine
If you’re suffering from bone loss, Dr. McCormick helps you
take control of your osteoporosis; if you’re a doctor, he lays out
the most up-to-date science so you can best serve your patients.
Great Bones is a book everyone can use to achieve better skeletal
health well into their 70s, 80s, and beyond. Armed with what you
learn from this book, you’ll become a partner with your doctor in
charting the course of your skeletal health. Great Bones will provide
you with all the tools you’ll need to help you every step of the way.
PRAISE FOR GREAT BONES
Sets a new standard for how to build
bone health before a fracture occurs
and how to maintain bone health
when osteoporosis is diagnosed.
—Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Former Director of the Bone Healthcare Clinic, Boston Medical Center
The ultimate resource and most
current information on the subject
of osteoporosis.
—David Strassburg, Registered
Pharmacist
President, Strassburg Medical
Reader friendly and inspirational to
patients and technical enough for
practitioners.
—Ruban Dhaliwal, MD
Director, Metabolic Bone Disease
Center, State University of New York,
Upstate Medical University
This book is nothing short of
revolutionary.
—Micah Yu, MD
Triple Board-Certified
Rheumatology, Internal Medicine,
and Lifestyle Medicine
Will surely become known as the bible
of bone loss.
—Kara Fitzgerald, ND
Faculty, Institute for Functional
Medicine
It’s been a while since I read a book
I think can change lives, and that’s
what I believe Great Bones can do.
—Bill Rodgers
Four-time winner of the
Boston Marathon
This book empowers readers.
It will change lives!
—Amy M. Carter, MD
Certified Practitioner, Institute for
Functional Medicine
The most up-to-date, comprehensive
resource for the study of osteoporosis.
It’s a gift to all of us who are concerned
about building stronger bones.
—Margaret Martin, PT
Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist
To purchase, contact Keith McCormick, DC
413-253-9777
ISBN: 979-8-218-12731-2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2023900661
Pages: 714
Paperback
Retail Price: $39.95 (plus shipping)
Introduction The World of Bone
SECTION I Getting Oriented
Chapter 1 Shattering the Paradigm —
Osteoporosis Treatment in Crisis
Chapter 2 How to Choose an
Osteoporosis Doctor
Chapter 3 Bone Biology
Chapter 4 How Bone Loss Occurs
Chapter 5 Diagnostic Tools for
Evaluating Bone Loss
Chapter 6 Therapeutic Targets:
Signs, Symptoms, and Lab Tests
SECTION II Underlying Systems
That Have an Impact on Bone
Chapter 7 The Web of Organs
and Glands
Chapter 8 Chronic Systemic
Inflammation
Chapter 9 The Gastrointestinal Tract:
Ground Zero for Bone Health
Chapter 10 Causes of Low Bone
Density
Chapter 11 Medical Conditions
Linked to Osteoporosis
SECTION III Navigating Back
to Better Skeletal Health
Chapter 12 Key Nutrients and
Compounds for Great Bones
Chapter 13 The Power of Exercise
Chapter 14 Medications
for Osteoporosis
Chapter 15 Other Therapies
Chapter 16 The Future
Appendix Ten Steps to Great Bones
Acknowledgments
References
Index
—plus 14 case studies
— CONTENTS —
“Great Bones will greatly benefit both
patients and providers.”
—Paul D. Miller, MD
Medical Director, Colorado Center for Bone Health
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Children’s health is always on my mind. When should it start and should it ever end, as our contribution to it is concerned. The child obviously grows to an adult, even tho doesn’t always act the age and sometimes returns to diapers and pureed foods. Obviously the ideal is optimum nutrition at all stages and ages. We have mostly lost that concept and ability for everyone. Genetically we can make choices that can carry over for at least four generations. That matters. Who knew? So, we can’t start to early. Let’s suggest that the parents to be start as early as possible. That would be at their prenatal time by at least 6 months prior. Optimally that effort would never be discontinued. We know that a well nourished baby has minimal, if any, reasons to see a doctor. Yes, there are exceptions. That is another discussion. let’s continue this thru teen years and early adulthood. What you do between 20 and 40 carries you for the rest of your life. We know how to do that. Why don’t we? Why are we the most ill population on the planet, here in the oasis of USA? OK, let’s give our babies the head start they need. We have to concentrate on one thing. Branching out can follow when we get the first project sustainable. There will be automatic advances anyway. Prenatal literature suggests that Moms to be start with their lifestyle choices and nutrition 3 months before pregnancy. Many of us think 6 months is the bare minimum, like the lowest bidder for the project. If you are curious, let’s have a conversation. If you are somewhere on the journey we definitely should have a conversation. You can catch up on some things, many you can’t when that opportunity has passed in the fetal development. However, the future is incredibly important, so get started now. And remember, 50% of the contribution is from the male side of the equation. That is statistically significant… message or call me–service is the cheerful giving of attention!!!
“People are afraid to be pried loose from their ignorance”
Thus conscience makes cowards of us all. That’s cowardly…
-Maya Angelou on “One on One” with Greg Jackson (1983) #black liturgies.
A few days ago several of us were talking about reaching out to people and making a connection for future business connections. The conversation turned to what makes this effective, genuine, successful for both sides, whether an individual or a group. This topic has been written about for a long time, including You are the Message-Roger Ailes, Start with Why-Simon Sinek, The Art of Possibility-Zander, and many before and after. The main point is it is up to you, not your message, more so your Why, which is expressed by your passion, body language, being comfortable in your own skin, your Joy, your eyes speaking for you, how you read people and them reading you. You have to be genuine, though, not acting. “It is the first seven seconds that does your business for you, the first impressions. How accurate or lasting were the first impressions on both sides? Did the tone in the opening carry over to the rest of the meeting? Was the ice broken initially, or was tension established?”(Ailes) Did you approach with the thought of making a contribution (Zander). Did you have Joy in your heart? (Og Mandino, Dali Lama with Desmond Tutu). This is just the beginning of the art of presenting-yourself, your WHY and your mission. Sometimes I think about my reason for getting up in the morning. It is usually to get going to make a contribution, a difference. Practice makes it a lot easier. Having a mentor and backup helps to. After the first 100 meets you will be a pro, whether face to face, to a group of 5 to 2000, or more, phone, social media. See the people, speak to the People, maybe speak with the people is better than to the people. After all, it is for them
It’s not about being great at any one pursuit, but about being pretty good at just about everything. As Centenarian Decathletes we are no longer training for a specific event, but to become a different sort of athlete altogether: an Athlete of Life!!!
–Peter Attia. MD, in “Outlive”: the science and art of longevity.
details on how to prep for your 70s and 80s has to start in your 20s to 40s. Ask me how…
GLP-1 agonist medications–12% of U.S. adults have taken one and 6% are currently taking one of these drugs. Estimates suggest that by 2030, 30 million, or 9% of the population will be using these. We may want to remember the old ads that told us “it is not nice to fool Mother Nature”.
Besides nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, developmental abnormalities in a fetus, hypoglycemia, pancreatitis, mental changes, loss of lean tissue, possibly thyroid cancer, and more, makes this a very attractive dumpster fire, methinks. Pharma loves the potential 30 mil customers, though.
However, health ailments such as cardiovascular, diabetes 2, hypertension, are expected to drive demand. You still have to eat clean, exercise, optimally hydrate, and do the dishes. Same stuff, hopefully better, to reach your health and weight goals, whether you take the meds, have surgery, or not.
GLP-1 users are showing dramatic increases in health care purchases linked to side effects. (except for my added comments, most of the above is in an article in Nutraceuticals World, Sept 2024)
There is hope and there are better ways to accomplish weight management, cardiovascular issues, lifestyle, wellness. Here is a link for offsetting the GLP-1 side effects and part of the tools to have a natural run to health that are sustainable, safe, health promoting: https://go.shaklee.com/glp-1-agonists-how-they-work-what…/ We also have a clinically proven safe and effective weight management program as well as a very well thought out and clinically proven detox program that we often use as a starter for better results with the weight loss program. I can elaborate with you individually to explain. We have been at this for many years and know what we are doing. Bruce
Epidemiology of preeclampsia: impact of obesity. Arun Jeyabalan
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disorder that affects 2–8% of all pregnancies and remains a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Diagnosis is based on new onset of hypertension and proteinuria. Multiple organ systems can be affected, with severe disease resulting. The wide range of risk factors reflects the heterogeneity of preeclampsia. Obesity, which is increasing at an alarming rate, is also a risk factor for preeclampsia as well as for later-life cardiovascular disease. Exploring common features may provide insight into the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying preeclampsia among obese and overweight women. © 2013 International Life Sciences Institute .
doi:10.1111/nure.12055
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There are also other signs such as facial swelling, and hand, foot and extremity swelling. Reflux/GERD can be a sign. Urine test is in order, however, it should be a 24 hour urine, not a single one, due to missed clues. I suggest taking a deep dive in to the above article. There are many cause/effect topics covered. The resources are useful also. Below is another article by an esteemed Registered Dietitian. Food and supplements are a thing to help prevent eclampsia. Let’s not forget that post partum eclampsia is a real thing, with the same dangers, and I can tell you it comes on quickly. Thoughts and questions, please message me.
Can Nutrition play a role in managing Preeclampsia?
Preeclampsia is a potentially serious condition that can occur during pregnancy and happens in about 1 in 25 pregnancies in the US. It is characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to organs, such as the liver and kidneys and is one of the leading cause of maternal death. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the role that diet can play in the development and management of preeclampsia.
Research has shown that certain dietary factors may influence the risk of developing preeclampsia. For example, a diet high in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins may help reduce the risk. These foods are rich in nutrients that are important for overall health and may also have specific benefits for pregnancy. Dietary modifications may be recommended to help manage blood pressure and reduce symptoms. These modifications may include reducing sodium intake, increasing potassium-rich foods, and following a balanced diet that supports overall health and well-being. On the other hand, a diet high in processed foods, refined grains, and added sugars may increase the risk of preeclampsia
Role of Calcium
One nutrient that has received particular attention in relation to preeclampsia is calcium. Calcium supplementation of ~1500-2000mg during pregnancy may reduce the risk of preeclampsia. Good sources of calcium include dairy products, such as milk, cheese, and yogurt, as well as leafy green vegetables, fortified plant-based milks, and calcium supplements. It is important to note that calcium supplements should be taken under the guidance of a healthcare professional.
Role of Magnesium & Vitamin D
In addition to calcium, other nutrients that may play a role in preventing preeclampsia include magnesium and vitamin D. Magnesium-rich foods include nuts, seeds, whole grains, and legumes. Vitamin D can be obtained from sunlight exposure, fortified foods, and supplements. However, it is important to consult with a healthcare professional before starting any new supplements during pregnancy.
It is also worth noting that maintaining a healthy weight during pregnancy may help reduce the risk of preeclampsia. Excessive weight gain during pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk of developing preeclampsia. Therefore, it is important for pregnant women to follow appropriate dietary guidelines and engage in regular physical activity to support a healthy weight gain.
It is important to note that while diet can have an impact on the development and management of preeclampsia, it is not a guarantee. Preeclampsia is a complex condition that is influenced by various factors, including genetics and overall health. Therefore, it is always recommended to work closely with a healthcare professional to ensure the best possible care during pregnancy.
Conclusion
In conclusion, diet can play a role in the development and management of preeclampsia. A balanced diet that includes a variety of nutrient-rich foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins, may help reduce the risk of preeclampsia. Adequate intake of nutrients like calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D may also be beneficial. However, it is important to remember that diet is just one piece of the puzzle, and working closely with a healthcare professional is essential for optimal pregnancy care.
From Expectingeats, Lois Vergis, RD
A little tidbit–medical lab ranges aren’t compared with well people, rather with the average of many. This means that if you are within the average range and standard of care you are already compromised…Functional values often narrow the gap, and outside that is pathological. Just sayin–
To mop up–double blinded studies are difficult to design and conduct. This may be an unreasonable expectation so other control features may need to be implemented. This is especially true with nutrition related studies as there are so many confounding variables, including what the subjects had to eat the day before.
Is there a difference between optimal nutrient status and adequate nutrient status?
In the authors opinion, and mine, there is a huge difference. For the athlete this distinction is rarely made. Most people treat their 12 cylinder Ferrari better than they treat their bodies. Olympic athletes tend to do better, especially at home. When traveling food selections and availability can become a nightmare. Just changing water supplies can become a problem.
“common sense dictates that optimizing nutrient status can enhance performance.” Yup, along with a few supplements.
I recommend a 10% carbohydrate solution, with electrolytes, made by Shaklee, Performance Endurance Electrolyte Drink. It comes with a pedigree of quality, perhaps exquisite, peer reviewed research. This product has been studied by NASA scientists, several universities, is used by many elite athletes, and more. It works well. Athletes are known to bonk on competing products. Some taste so bad that they have to be diluted–diminishing their results even more. Some of these competing beverages have ingredients that no human body should ingest.
As we said in the beginning: “What you put into your body is what you get out.” And for the end: “You can go only as far as your nutrition will take you.”
(Teta J, Teta K. Enhancing the performance of the athlete, part 2. Townsend Letter, January 2014, issue #366. pps 71-74. Other info from this article is also used with my thoughts and experience intertwined. Perhaps not the official way to give attribution but these gentlemen can take full credit for the effort and info being passed on here, and the several previous posts.
Big noise b/c of the Olympics, is ergogenic aids, or things that make you go faster, longer, and stronger. The list of ergogenic neutraceuticals for an athlete is long, fraught with perils and questionable. The journey for investigation, experimentation, evaluation and results takes time, effort, measurement (if possible) and money.
Some reasonable considerations should include: Is it safe–will it pass the ethics test, doping control, GMP, USP, or better, NSF, and higher standards?
Is there peer reviewed research published in recognized and esteemed science journals?
Does any research suggest and ergogenic potential?
Are the studies in vitro or in vivo, on humans? If humans, how was the cohort chosen–young/healthy, or age span, gender, etc.
What was the sample size? Over 30 subjects and 30 controls is necessary for statistical merit. The upper level of participants does not have to be in the thousands or millions.
How was the study designed–many are faulty or have a bias.
Was the study well controlled?
Was the study long enough? This makes a significant difference. Sometimes things are going well and you think you are getting results and suddenly your advances/benefits/changes, whatever, stop or reverse. Oops!!! Next idea, Plan B, etc.
A real caveat of any product, sports or general use, is the safety, efficacy and quality issue. Many, if not most manufacturers do not do clinical studies because they are too expensive. So how do they know the product works, especially the way the marketing hype say they work. There may be a placebo affect with 50% of the consumers. The branding partner I have chosen the years does extensive clinical studies on the finished product, not library research on the ingredients-altho this would be done initially to get the development started. They also set the bar for safety, efficacy and quality for the whole industry. In all the time I have been recommending them I have never had to apologize for a product. This is a huge responsibility for any practitioner.
