Osteoporosis

Get your vitamin D level up. While no one knows absolutely whether or not low vitamin D is related to catching the flu, there are many studies that show a consistent association. I would suggest that one possible reason the H1N1 virus also seems to target people who are obese MIGHT be because obesity is also a known risk factor for vitamin D deficiency.

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Calliope said:

Watch out Burnsie, you could also be a target for swine flu;
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/gurley/detail?entry_id=44301#ixzz0MzhCBkRM

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Exploring a Low-Acid Diet for Bone Health

The science of osteoporosis and its resultant fractures has long been plagued by some vexing observations. Why, for example, are osteoporotic fractures relatively rare in Asian countries like Japan, where people live as long or longer than Americans and consume almost no calcium-rich dairy products? Why, in Western countries that consume the most dairy foods, are rates of osteoporotic fractures among the highest in the world? And why has no consistent link been found between the amount of calcium people consume and protection against osteoporosis?

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