PREVENTING AND REVERSING OSTEOPOROSIS: EVERY WOMAN’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE By Alan R. Gaby, M.D. Prima Health, 1994, 304 pages, paper. You can now fight–even reverse–bone loss. At 35, a woman’s battle against bone loss begins, and it intensifies with menopause and the years beyond. Conventional medicine has offered such controversial therapies as estrogen replacement, a treatment that is potentially dangerous and only partially effective. Now Dr. Gaby, one of the foremost authorities on nutritional and natural medicine, offers practical advice on osteoporosis that substantially increases a woman’s chance for maintaining and even regaining normal bone mass.Clear and practical, the chapters cover: causes--including diet and food allergies; treatments; vitamins, minerals, and hormones affecting bone density; and natural remedies for women’s health problems. This book will help thousands of women create healthy bones. It presents a breakthrough approach to the successful treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. And for those suffering with osteoporosis, it offers solutions and hope. |