It then presents a list of thousands of foods and their acid-alkaline effects. Included are not only single foods, such as fruits and vegetables, but also popular combinations and even fast foods, like burgers and fries.

In each case, you’ll not only discover whether a food is acidifying or alkalizing, but you’ll learn the degree to which that food affects the body. Informative insets guide you in choosing the food that’s right for you.

Better Bones, Better Body is the first text to critically rethink the nature, causes and best prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Dr. Brown’s book is the only study of osteoporosis that is informed by a comparative, cross-cultural perspective.

Ten years of research in the making, Better Bones, Better Body offers critical new understanding of, and insights into, the problems of excessive bone loss and increased bone fragility. Practical as well as scholarly, the book “rethinks” osteoporosis arriving at new bone-building insights.

Disorders that are caused indirectly by this problem include arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and migraine headaches. In this well-researched, comprehensive book, noted nutritionist Elizabeth Lipski helps readers understand the complex interrelationships of the digestive process.

With Mary Ann Wilson, RN, Sit and Be Fit’s third video to feature both seated and standing exercises focuses on posture, balancing out the body, and functional fitness.

The exercises on the video are specifically designed to help participants with or at risk for osteoporosis to improve their bonestrength, posture, leg strength, and balance to reduce their risk of fractures and falls.

To help conquer the consequences of osteoporosis, the Osteoporosis Workout II is packed full of beneficial exercises that emphasize:

• Awareness of the “core” muscles (i.e., the muscles of the torso that give the body a strong foundation from which to move);
• Awareness and strength of the postural muscles to help keep our bodies in good alignment and improve strength of the bones of the spine;
• Leg strength, particularly of the thigh muscles and the muscles on the outside of the hip to improve stability and help reduce the risk of falls while strengthening bones of the hip; and
• Balance training and weight shifting movements to improve balance and reduce fall risk.

Total running time: approximately 27 minutes

With Yellow (light) Resistance Band

This video was designed by physical therapist Sherri Betz to help you incorporate safe Pilates exercises into your bone-building program. Many Pilates exercises can be unsafe and contraindicated for those with low bone density. By modifying the wonderful exercises of Joseph Pilates and incorporating sound physical therapy principles, you will learn the best exercises to build the bones of the most vulnerable areas of the hip and spinal vertebrae.

DVD: 60 minutes.

A 50-minute bone loading video to help combat osteoporosis by leading exercise expert, Mirabai Holland, M.F.A., with a special 10-minute information section about your bones and osteoporosis by Felicia Cosman M.D., Clinical Director of the National Osteoporosis Foundation.

A one-on-one bone-loading workout divided into 6 color-coded sections making it easy for beginners to stop and go, or jump to any section that needs work.

• Rhythmic Warm-up
• Upper Body with Hand Weights
• Stretch Pull and Twist with Towel
• Isometric and Wall Resistance
• Lower Body Bone Loading Exercises with Optional Ankle Weights
• Stretch and Relax for Flexibility and Body Awareness

“Best Workout for Bones” — Prevention Magazine

The Center for Better Bones is pleased to offer Christine Dormaier’s excellent yoga video, “Strong Bones Yoga” in either VHS format or on DVD.

Strong Bones Yoga was created by Christine Dormaier, an experienced yoga teacher, Certified Yoga Therapist, and holistic health advocate.

Use Strong Bones Yoga to:

• Build bone density and help prevent osteoporosis.
• Increase overall strength without adding bulk.
• Improve balance, coordination, and flexibility.
• Increase energy throughout the body.

Dr Paul Lam, a family physician in Sydney, Australia, is a world leader in the field of Tai Chi for health improvement. Dr Lam and his team of experts have created several Tai Chi for Health programs to improve people’s health and well-being.

There are numerous forms of Tai Chi and they differ significantly. Dr Lam has designed this easy-to-learn, effective and safe program for people with osteoporosis. Medical studies have shown Tai Chi improves balance, reduces falls, and slows down the loss of bone density. Tai Chi movements from these studies have been incorporated in this program.

Here is a detailed, easy-to-use guidebook for women forty and older on how to use gentle but powerful traditional Chinese exercises, breathing techniques, massage, meditation, and vocalizations to promote health, fitness, relaxation, and mental clarity; improve stamina; and even treat specific health concerns.

Dr. Brown says, “Having personally experienced the ‘magic’ of qigong many years ago, I am delighted to see this insightful handbook. As a bone health specialist you can bet I’ll recommend that all my clients look into Davis’ qigong exercises for osteoporosis.”

Foreword by Dr. Susan E. Brown, Ph.D. Healthy bones are a major concern of all women as they grow older, and this book provides practical information about how yoga can be used to keep bones healthy — including using yoga to treat bone loss and oste?porosis, as well as to relieve symptoms, prevent further bone loss, and even build new bone. Expanded from the chapter “Relieving Osteoporosis” in The Woman's Book of Yoga and Health, this easy-to-carry small-format book contains information on how the body builds bone, risk factors for osteoporosis, the effects of diet, exercise, and posture on bone health, and the importance of balanced hormones and calcium absorption.

New research includes the latest information on:

• Stress, depression, and hormone replacement therapy as related to bone loss.
• Alternatives to hormone replacement therapy that promote bone strength and growth.
• How behaviors, stress levels, and emotional outlook throughout a woman's life all affect bone loss.
• Things a woman can do to prevent critical bone loss.

Specifically designed yoga sequences focus on:

• PREVENTION through emphasizing weight-bearing poses to build strength.
• RELEASING TENSION by emphasizing opening the chest to counter depression and stress
• INCREASING full range of motion.
• GENTLE STRENGTHENING for those diagnosed with osteoporosis.
• RESTORATIVE POSES for those with fractures and other injuries.

An alkaline diet is essential for natural bone health. Just as acid rain in the environment damages our external ecosystem, so does internal acidity damage our internal ecosystem. Without knowing it, most of us consume diets high in acid-forming foods. This results in chronic, low-grade acidosis. Precious alkali salts of bone-building minerals must be taken from bone and used for buffering these internal acids. Because of this, we encourage an alkaline diet high in foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, spices, herbs, seasoning, seeds, and pulses such as lentils.

Our pH strips are a great way to test each morning to see if your diet is acid or alkaline. Our pH papers come rolled in one long continuous strip that you tear off each morning and dip into your urine to determine your acid-alkaline balance. If used as recommended each roll will last between 1 to 2 months.

An alkaline diet is important for optimum bone health. Just as acid rain in the environment damages our external ecosystem, so does internal acidity damage our internal ecosystem. Without knowing it, most of us consume diets high in metabolically acid-forming foods. This results in chronic, low-grade acidosis. Precious alkali salts of bone building minerals must be taken from bone and used for buffering these internal acids. Because of this, we encourage an alkaline diet high in foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, spices, herbs, seasoning, seeds and pulses such as lentils.

In addition to pH test strips, each kit includes literature explaining the importance of an alkaline diet, how to optimize your biochemistry, a sample of the acid / alkaline balance food chart from our book The Acid-Alkaline Food Guide, meal suggestions for developing an alkaline diet, and selected articles on pH and bone health. Also included in the kit is an audiotaped interview with Susan E. Brown, PhD called “Acid Alkaline Balance.”

This presentation was given at the Spring 2007 meeting of the American Nutraceutical Association in Long Beach, California. It was delivered as a continuing education course for physicians and other health professionals. This CD is also great value to lay individuals concerned about building bone strength.

On this CD, Dr. Brown discusses the major new scientific insights into the true nature and causes of osteoporosis and highlights the essential elements of the Women to Women Personal Program for Better Bones.

Developed by renowned osteoporosis medical expert and professor, Dr. Robert L. Swezey, MD, OsteoBall is clinically proven to help build bone and muscles. Using isometric exercises OsteoBall gives a full-body workout, without weights. A real workout doesn’t get much briefer than this: less than 10 minutes and you have worked out all major muscle groups — and targeted the points on the body known to help stimulate bone and muscle strengthening!

Deluxe Lifetime Osteoball complete package contains:

• Illustrated, changeable exercise cue tag
• Cushioned handle grips
• Easy-to-adjust straps
• Washable 100% cotton slipcover
• Specially engineered vinyl inner ball
• Instructional video
• Daily exercise journal
• Rapid inflate/deflate air pump
• Newsletter subscription
• “First in Line” — latest updates on OsteoBall
• Lifetime warranty

Your gift of any amount will help further our mission to research natural ways to promote better bones and a better body. For gifts of $100 or greater, we will send you an autographed copy of Dr. Brown’s groundbreaking book, Better Bones, Better Body.

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