it’s national osteoporosis month! 10 things to know about your bones right now

I started running shortly before turning 50 as a way to combat the loss of density that was inevitably happening to my bones as I went through menopause and lost estrogen. Based on my first bone density test, which I had around age 50, I was in the “low bone density” range. Not good. There … Continue Reading

vitamin d and you

Even though I read, listen, and contribute to the media, I still want to wring its neck sometimes. This week a study was released, talking about how we don’t really need to take Vitamin D supplements (or calcium), and that we get enough from the sun and food.  Most people, the report said, have Vitamin D … Continue Reading