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Acknowledgments
Dedicated to:
You, the reader, because you are willing to upgrade and revitalize your life.
Very special thanks to:
Stewart Brown for his enthusiasm that turned dreams into reality. A really true friend through thick and thin.
Karen Corley for her endless encouragement, boundless commitment and extremely talented, good-spirited editing of the manuscript. Purna Ma for her insights and exquisite scholarship. Elvira Clare for her right word, in the right place, at the right time, so many times. Mark Huthmacher for his unfailing encouragement. Dianne Fidler for her many days and nights at the computer. My brother, Joe Graci, for his generous and tireless research assistance that improved every chapter of this book.
Special thanks to:
Tara Stubensey, Janice Partington, Beth Potter, and Lisa Chisholm-Neal for their critical and welcomed editorial input. Dr. Alan Logan for his timely resourcefulness, thoughtful advice and willingness to share his knowledge of nutritional biochemistry.
Endless thanks to:
The exceptionally skilled and talented team from John Wiley & Sons Publishing: Robert Harris, General Manager, a very special kind of man; Jennifer Smith, Publisher, for her superb literary guidance; Valerie Ahwee, for her high-energy, highly-skilled and painstaking editing, as well as her invaluable knowledge and humor.
Leah Marie Fairbank, Editor, for her enthusiasm, skilled advice, diligent attention, and unrelenting dedicationwho navigated the development of this book with courage and patient foresight.
Liz McCurdy and Pamela Vokey, Project Managers, for their superb talent and guidance and for embracing this project. Pat Loi for her amazing persistence in perfecting the interior design. Natalia Burobina and Ian Koo who helped conceive, design, and develop the front cover for this book. Meghan Brousseau, the talented Publicist; and so many others for their wonderful support in creatively shaping this book.
Part I
Factoring in the Bone-Building SolutionA Comprehensive Plan
CHAPTER 1
Dramatically Improve Your Bones, Joints, and Fluid Movements
In many ways this is the most exciting book I have written to date. My purpose is to provide you with optimal recommendations based on the latest persuasive, consistent, and breakthrough research in achieving better bone and joint health, strong structure, good posture, and fluid biomechanical movement for a lifetime.
The Bone-Building Solution presents a research-proven, radical new ideathe first comprehensive action plan that could alter the course of the common silent epidemic of stiff joints, aching bones, weak bone strength, poor tooth enamel, brittle nails, and osteoporosis (OP) in children, men, and women. Poor bone health is a concern not only for those in midlife and older. In fact, recent studies have shown that increasing numbers of younger people are affected by porous, weak bones, poor posture, and deteriorating tooth quality because of poor lifestyle choices.
Poor nutrition, a lack of proper exercise that promotes core strength and balanced equilibrium, and an inadequate supplement program are the leading causes of bone and joint-related disease. In medicine, however, old and long-used treatments are sometimes slow to change. The traditional approach of using drugs to treat men and women with OP not only covers up the symptoms without addressing the root cause, it can also cause significant suffering on its own while the disease progresses further. The most commonly prescribed bisphosphonate drug treatments do not address the true causes of porous, weak bones.
Nutritional deficiencies in our 206 bones and 143 joints occur long before theyre evident on an X-ray or a standardized blood test. Bone-repair and bone-building capabilities are extremely sensitive to daily, erratic, suboptimal supplies of all-important vitamins, minerals, protein, and fats. Bone-building metabolism declines dramatically during times of nutrient deficiencies. When our diet and supplements restore vitamin, mineral, protein, and healthy fats, bone-repair and bone-building capabilities resume at full capacity.
As a nutritional and lifestyle researcher, I have great respect for conventional medicine and the many miracles it can perform. In fact, the step-by-step action plan in this book is well on the path to becoming the standard first line of prevention or treatment with many progressive doctors and health care providers.
THE BEST MEDICAL BONE BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The information presented in this book is based on a rational interpretation of breakthrough scientific and medical research. This is the future that will allow you to stand tall, maintain a great range of comfortable motion, experience the ease of correct posture, and keep your teeth and nails strongfor every day of your life.
Typically, other books on bone health present one or two new ideas combined with a lot of old information. Instead, we provide a high density of new ideas on how to harness breakthrough research to offer you unprecedented health benefits.
There is always the potential to improve your personal bone health and fluid biomechanical movement. The distinguishing feature that makes us human is the constant search and awareness to understand the world around usand to be courageous in making significant departures from the old status quo.
The most important principle of The Bone-Building Solution is an active exploration of new knowledge from multiple sources.
Ten breakthroughs you will master are:
New insights into natural molecular-targeted bone-building therapeutics
Newly available bone mineral density (BMD) diagnosis and treatment options elucidated by Dr. Carolyn DeMarco, M.D., emerging from todays scientific breakthroughs
Surprising information revealing that doctor-endorsed DEXA bone scans do not give accurate or definitive information on the micro-architectural structure or strength of your 206 bonesmisdiagnosis is common and subsequent widespread use of bisphosphonate medications may be fraught with errors
Cutting-edge knowledge about your own personal condition and how to keep it humming at peak efficiency for the future
How to determine where you are located in the progression of the age-related bone degenerative process and how to reverse itnow! You can decide for yourself what changes and fine-tuning you are willing to make with contemporary bone-repair and bone-building knowledge to transform your own health
Revolutionary discoveries by University of Toronto clinical researcher Dr. Leticia Rao, Ph.D., on how our diet has the power to radically improve or impair our bone-building, bone-repair and bone healthand why!
Dr. Alan C. Logan, N.D., of Harvard Medical School presents his most important discovery everbone smart fish oilsfor perpetual upgraded bone-repair and bone-building
The renowned Dr. John Berardi, Ph.D., of the University of Texas emphasizes that strong bones are usually attached to strong, well developed musclesour bones, in fact, weaken and thin at about the same rate as our muscles atrophy. Exercising for healthy muscle mass indicates that we are putting stress on the bones, and our bones grow stronger in response to the mechanical stress (called loading) we put on them
