Quick question: Can dogs get osteoporosis?
Answer: Although dogs can get arthritis, it does not appear that they get osteoporosis. You can check out these articles for more details:
http://www.petshealth.com/dr_library/arthritis.html
http://www.femfatalities.com/osteoporosis_animalStudies.asp
Tags: osteoporosis and dogs
Hello, OsteoDiet readers!
How would you like to join me on a walk around the world? It’s about a 25,000-mile journey, but we can take turns walking and chart it step-by-step. By the way, walking isn’t the only way to add to our mileage! Almost any physical exercise can be converted to miles, using a conversion chart and a step calculator.
How does it work? Find your chosen physical activity on the list below. Note the number of equivalent steps per minute. Then use the step calculator at http://www.walk4life.com/customerservice/forms_stepstomiles.aspx to convert your steps to miles. (Note: You’ll have to calculate the length of your average walking step to use the step calculator. My walking step length is about 2.5 feet.)
Finally, e-mail me your mileage and the teammate name you would like me to use, and I’ll add your name and miles to your personal total and to our group total . You can check every day to see how far we’ve traveled by clicking on “Walk Around the World” in the black bar at the very top of this page.
My school, Southwestern Middle School in DeLand, Florida, started their Walk Around the World on Wednesday, November 6, 2008. The entire school headed outside after lunch and walked around the 1/4-mile track for 30 minutes. Teachers wrote down the number of students in each of their classes and multiplied by the distance traveled to get the total mileage walked by the class. I’ve already been posting their totals to this website.
How about it OsteoDiet readers? Today let’s choose activities from the list below, keep track of the time or distance covered, and then post it. We’ll be moving ahead in our OsteoDiet exercise regimen and one step stronger on our victory over osteoporosis!
Use the Steps to Miles calculator at http://www.walk4life.com/customerservice/forms_stepstomiles.aspx to convert steps to miles, or multiply the number of minutes you did the activity by the number of steps per minute indicated on the chart below.
Aerobics, low impact 145
Aerobics, intense 203
Badminton, casual 131
Badminton, competitive 203
Basketball, leisurely 116
Basketball, game 230
Bicycling, leisurely 116
Bicycling, stationary 203
Bowling 87
Boxing 348
Canoeing, light 87
Chopping wood 174
Circuit training 232
Dancing 131
Elliptical trainer 203
Firewood, carrying 145
Firewood, sawing with handsaw 217
Firewood, stacking 145
Football 260
Gardening, light 116
Gardening, heavy 174
Gardening, weeding 131
Golfing, without a cart 131
Golfing, with a cart 101
Grocery shopping 67
Handball 348
Hiking, general 172
Hiking, 10-20 pound load 217
Hiking, 21-42 pound load 232
Horseback riding 116
Horseback riding, trotting 188
Housework, light 72
Housework, mopping floors 101
Housework, scrubbing the floor 110
Housework, vacuuming 101
Housework, washing windows 87
Ice skating 203
Judo 290
Jumping rope, fast 348
Jumping rope, moderate 290
Karate 290
Kickboxing 290
Mowing the lawn 160
Orienteering 260
Painting 131
Pilates 101
Ping-Pong 116
Racquetball, casual 203
Racquetball, competitive 290
Raking leaves 125
Roller skating 203
Rowing, light 101
Rowing, moderate 203
Running, 10 mph (6 min/mile) 463
Running, 8 mph (7.5 min/mile) 391
Running, 6 mph (10 min/mile) 290
Running, 5 mph (12 min/mile) 232
Scuba diving 203
Skiing, cross-country, moderate 290
Skiing, cross-country, intense 260
Skiing, cross-country, slow 203
Skiing, downhill 174
Skiing, water 174
Snow shoveling 174
Snowboarding, light 150
Snowboarding, moderate 182
Soccer, recreational 203
Soccer, competitive 290
Softball 145
Squash 348
Stair climbing, machine 260
Stair climbing, moderate 334
Stair climbing, vigorous 434
Stretching 72
Swimming, backstroke 203
Swimming, breaststroke 290
Swimming, butterfly 319
Swimming, freestyle 203
Swimming, leisure 174
Swimming, treading water 116
Tae kwon do 290
Tennis, doubles 174
Tennis, singles 232
Trampoline 101
Volleyball, leisurely 87
Volleyball, game 232
Washing the car 87
Water aerobics 116
Waxing the car 131
Weight training, moderate 87
Weight training, vigorous 174
Yard work 145
Yoga 72
If you keep track of miles or time–not steps–you can convert your miles to steps using the following formula:
*Walking or pushing a wheelchair at a moderate pace: 1 mile in 20 minutes = 2000 steps
*Jogging or running: 1 mile = about 4000 steps
*Swimming: 1 mile = about 4000 steps
*Cycling: 3 miles = about 2000 steps
Seven months ago I fractured my shoulder in four places in a bike accident. Following the instructions of my orthopedic surgeon, Dr. White, I initially kept the injury immobilized with a sling and swath, and eventually I started physical therapy. Using a combination of therapies, including chiropractic adjustment and massage therapy, the pain resulting from the physical therapy could be managed naturally, without the use of pharmaceutical drugs. Thanks to this bone-building OsteoDiet, excellent health care, and lots of prayers, my shoulder fractures healed in record time! Before releasing me as a patient, Dr. White said that I should continue to stretch my shoulder for a full year in order regain complete mobility.
I’m doing just what Dr. White recommended. I stretch it at the gym, during home exercise, and off-and-on during the day. I stretch it in every direction I can think of. I stretch so much that I hardly think about it anymore. Stretching has simply become a constant in my daily life.
And you know what? Yesterday I noticed for the first time that, when lying on the floor to exercise, I could reach both arms overhead and touch the floor with the fingers of both hands! I wondered if I would ever be able to do that again with my left arm, and now it has happened. In all other directions, I had already recovered full mobility of my shoulder joint, but until now I still couldn’t quite touch the floor with the fingers of my left hand overhead. Now that I can do that, I feel sure I will be able to recover 100% overhead mobility, too!
Seven months later the good word is still…STRETCH! 🙂
Tags: osteoporosis; broken bones; fractured shoulder; Dr. White
We had finished Day 12 of the “Diet Within a Diet,” and then my grandson, John, was born. I traveled to Clearwater to be with my daughter and son-in-law as they settled in with the new baby, and during that time, I didn’t stay on the 21-Day Diet. Furthermore, I didn’t stick closely to the OsteoDiet either. Do I regret it? Not a bit!
Sometimes it is more important to be a kind and thoughtful guest than it is to maintain one’s preferred diet. To have carried my food with me to visit my son-in-law’s family gatherings would have made them feel awkward, as if they had not been hospitable or considerate. Nothing could be further from the truth! All of them were extremely warm and open to me, and the meals they served were absolutely delicious. I felt surrounded by love, and I truly was!
When I returned from Clearwater, I had a new job to add to my activities, as I became an adjunct instruction for Daytona State College. With the extra job and the subsequent adjustments to the family cooking schedule, there simply hasn’t been time to devote to the 21-day diet. Soon there will be time, though. Don’t give up! We’ll be back at it soon.
In the meantime, I’ll keep exercising and doing my best to maintain the 80% alkaline / 20% acid OsteoDiet for the health of my bones. I hope you will, too. 🙂
Check out this article by Gillian Sanson, author of The Myth of Osteoporosis, by clicking on the link. You may be shocked by what you read about the growing list of devastating side effects of bisphophonate drugs:
Esophageal cancer, jaw bone necrosis, and giant floating osteoclasts!
Tags: bisphosphonate drugs, Fosamax, Gillian Sanson, osteoporosis
Quick Question: How much protein do you eat?
Answer:
I try to eat some protein with every meal, whether it be from chicken, turkey, beef, fish, beans, nuts, or seeds. I eat small portions of protein, however, not the large portions that characterize the Standard American Diet. For example, two or three ounces of meat or fish is plenty. Remember that most sources of protein leave an acid ash when digested. To achieve the 80% alkaline/20% acid balance of the OsteoDiet, I need the bulk of my meals to consist of foods that leave an alkaline ash, especially green leafy vegetables. Almonds are a special source of protein in my diet because they alkalize, rather than acidify.
Tags: osteoporosis; bone health, protein
Quick Question: What supplements do you take?
Answer:
Currently, the supplements that I’m currently taking include
- Niacin (100 mg tablets)
- Ultra Flora Plus DF Capsules (from Metagenics)
- Chromium Synergy (from Designs for Health)
- Q Avail 30 mg (from Designs for Health)
- Twice Daily Essential Packets (from Designs for Health)
- Adrenal Essence (from Xymogen)
- MedCaps IS (from Xymogen)
- RotoXyme (from Xymogen)
- Thyro-CNV (from Apex Energetics)
- Glucosamine Chondroitin (from Source Naturals)
- Stem Enhance (from StemTech Health Sciences)
- FNG1 Bioactive Homeopathic Drops
- NU-DRCTN Homeopathic Remedy (from FuturePlex)
- FRGV Homeopathic Remedy (from FuturePlex)
- I also include BioChlor (liquid chorophyll) in my Greens Shakes.
Tags: bone health, osteoporosis, Supplements
