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Bone Solid Supplement by Country Life

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Back in December I posted about a book called The Whole-Food Guide to Strong Bones.  As the name implies, the book explores how whole foods, not supplements, can restore and maintain bone health.  I was pretty convinced….

But not fully.  My great-grandma Delphine, who lived into her nineties as her height slipped below 5 feet, warned me and my sister about osteoporosis and how it should be avoided.  That always kind of haunts me.  Which is why I took up Bailey’s offer when she offered to send me a new product by Country Life: Bone Solid.

Not your regular calcium pill (or even your calcium-magnesium-Vitamin D pill), Bone Solid has some fancy-sounding Triple Action.

The Bone Solid trifecta:

  • Increasing Utilization – by using the MCHA form of calcium that is identical to the body’s natural bone composition.
  • Strengthening Bones – by providing vital bone supporting nutrients such as Boron, vitamins K1, K2 and D3, plus calcium for stronger bone structure.
  • Supporting Bone Metabolism – by including nutrients such as vitamin K1, K2, and D3 that support the management of specific metabolic processes for better bone support.

So, I’ve been popping a couple of these each day.  In conjunction with the whole-food approach, I think my great-grandma Delphine would be proud.

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The Whole-Food Guide to Strong Bones

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

I was thrilled to be contacted by Julie offering a review copy of The Whole-Food Guide to Strong Bones: A Holistic Approach by Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D.

I’ll take a nutrition book over a spy or romance novel any day, and this one had me flipping the pages late into the night.

Dr. Colbin has sound science and nutrition to back her claim that our cultural fear of osteoporosis outweighs its prevalence and true threats, and that misinformation is commonplace when it comes to our bones.  That said, there is a lot we can be doing to protect our bones into old age, and it’s not just calcium (or even just calcium plus vitamin D plus magnesium plus dairy products plus dark leafy greens).  In fact, too much of these and other good things can backfire if they upset balances within our cells and bodies.

This book outlines what the correct balances are to strive for, and includes over 80 pages of recipes to provide us with the right blend of nutrients.  I’m retaining my belief in supplements, but I agree that whole foods are the most important component of dietary health.  I would highly recommend this book for anyone who worries when she sees the list of “warning signs of osteoporosis” (caucasian, check.  thin, check.  family history, check…).  Or anyone who worries she may be seeing a future version of herself in that commercial with Sally Field.  (Not that looking like Sally Field does at her age would be a bad thing, but I digress.)

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