Why Whole Foods are Better than Supplements for Strengthening Your Bones

Why Whole Foods are Better than Supplements for Strengthening Your Bones

March 19, 2008
Special Guest: Annemarie Colbin, PhD

Annemarie Colbin, PhD, author of Whole Foods for Strong Bones: A Holistic Approach and many other books.

Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D., is an award-winning leader in the field of natural health and a highly sought-after lecturer and wellness consultant. She founded the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City in 1977 the oldest natural foods cooking school in the country. The associated Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health, where she teaches a number of popular lectures, offers a wide array of lectures and cooking classes for the general public on many styles of healthful cooking, incorporating a variety of dietary approaches, as well as on the uses of food as a healing tool for various health conditions.

Topics Covered:

  • Find out the two foods most dangerous to bone health.
  • Learn why loss of bone density does not necessarily mean increased risk of fracture.
  • Understand the difference between the typical “western diet” and whole foods in determining bone health.
  • Learn why the breakdown of bone is not necessarily a bad thing.
  • Get the facts on bone-retention medications and discover natural alternatives.
  • Source simple, ancient wisdom to simplify your dietary choices in support of bone health.
  • Find food sources to replace expensive supplementation of vitamins and minerals.
  • Understand the relationship of acid-forming and alkali-forming foods to your skeletal system.
  • Learn to discern which dairy foods support your bones and which do not.
  • Learn the critical foods needed to make a vegetarian diet support a growing body.
  • Get pointers on evaluating your menopause needs and meeting them without damaging other body systems.
  • Get your questions about hormone replacement answered.
  • Come to know the implications of making your own health decisions and how to get the most help from your health care practitioners.

    Dr. Colbin is adjunct professor of nutrition and teaches an undergraduate course in wholistic nutrition at Empire State College in New City, NY. She is a visiting lecturer at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City, and has led workshops all over the country in such well-known institutions as the Omega Institute, The New York Open Center, and Kripalu Yoga Center.

    She is the author of several books including Book of Whole Meals (Autumn Press, 1979; Ballantine Books, 1983) The Natural Gourmet (Ballantine Books, 1989, 1991), and Food and Healing (Ballantine Books, 1986, 1996). Whole Foods for Strong Bones: A Holistic Approach, will be published in 2008 by New Harbinger Publications.

    Liz Lipski, PhD, CCN Is the host of the Access to Health Experts interview series. She holds a doctorate and is board certified in Clinical Nutrition, is the author of Digestive Wellness, Digestive Wellness for Children, and Leaky Gut Syndrome. She’s the Director of Doctoral Studies at Hawthorn University, and the nutrition editor for Pilates Style Magazine. Dr. Lipski is the founder of several web-based health information sites including Innovative Healing and Access to Health Experts.


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