Osteoporosis

[saysfaa]

The base option gives the concepts without the menus and recipes.

 

[saysfaa]

I'm going to keep the doctor. I didn't expect a family care dr to be able to help me get off the synthroid. I've had some really, really good doctors, including endocrinologists for the thyroid management alone. All of them didn't think it was possible to safely get off it. I tried with each of them. And he did mention the osteoporosis drugs options early in the discussion and I flatly told him I won't take them. I like that he isn't hassling me about that or various recommended tests and such.

And, to be fair, I didn't tell him I've lost the inches. He had some of my medical history but the previous doctors didn't send the full charts.

 

[Sally PB]

The base option gives the concepts without the menus and recipes.

So, $67 for the base option? $199 for the full program?

Did you decide to get it?

 

[saysfaa]

Last night, I thought there were three levels. Today, it doesn't look so clear. Oh, there it is. The problem wasn't finding the right page, it was needing to change the view setting on my phone

$67 base (my term). Seems to be all the info except the details of applying it. Like getting the characteristics of the food to use but not which foods have those characteristics Or recipes. Similar for exercise.. maybe other things

$97 all access. Looks like base plus quite a lot of help applying it - labels, recipes, grocery shopping lists, lists of which foods are in what catergories. Similar with other things.

Each of the various elements can be purchased separately.

$397 all access plus. You get the same as the all access plus a phone call with a doctor and six months of access to a coach.

These are the sale prices. The crossed out prices are $199, $350, and $700, respectfully. I don't know if they are always on sale.

 

[saysfaa]

I haven't completely decided whether to get it. I want to talk it over with dh. That will be a week or two most likely.

I'm also thinking about another bone scan before I start. Then I would have a more accurate baseline to tell if this protocol is working.

 

[saysfaa]

Oh no! I poked into their articles, they are anti-dairy, pro-"plant-based dairy alternatives", and it seems promoting many of the other currently popular trends and one organization in particular that I detest for its lack of perspective.

As much as I have problems with the no dairy, I could work with it. But plant-based alternatives to animal products is a huge red flag. That usually means either very highly processed or deficient in some essential nutrients. Or both.
This seems to do both.

Maybe actually doing what I already know about would be enough. But I haven't. But I could.

I don't know whether to get this.

 

[Kiki]

Oh no! I poked into their articles, they are anti-dairy, pro-"plant-based dairy alternatives", and it seems promoting many of the other currently popular trends and one organization in particular that I detest for its lack of perspective.

As much as I have problems with the no dairy, I could work with it. But plant-based alternatives to animal products is a huge red flag. That usually means either very highly processed or deficient in some essential nutrients. Or both.
This seems to do both.

Maybe actually doing what I already know about would be enough. But I haven't. But I could.

I don't know whether to get this.

I am willing to bet you could do your own research on foods for free yourself.
I wouldn't waste the money on that program if I were you.
My mom took one pill of the osteoporosis medicine and ended up in the ER with what she thought was a heart attack. It was the worst heartburn of her life. She trashed those pills quickly.

He doctor told her to start doing weight bearing exercises daily.
She doesn't want to hurt herself so she is going to a place that is teaching her how to do these type of exercises without hurting herself. I think I'd rather spend the money on a program like that too.

 

[Sally PB]

As much as I have problems with the no dairy, I could work with it. But plant-based alternatives to animal products is a huge red flag. That usually means either very highly processed or deficient in some essential nutrients. Or both.
This seems to do both.

Oh, wow, anti-dairy?? Unless someone has allergies, dairy is one of the foods I would think would be good for bones, with the calcium.

Yeah, that would be a red flag for me too. I don't eat much meat (I could very easily be a lacto-ovo vegetarian), but the "making one thing be a stand-in for another" bothers me.

Highly processed anything makes me leery. If I can't pronounce it, buy it on the shelf at the store, make it myself, grow it myself, recognize it if I saw it (some or any or all of those), I'm not sure I'd want to eat it.

But having said all that, I do take several supplements. No, they're not Shaklee or whatever the $$$ ones are, they're off the shelf at the H&BA section of the store.

I brought up my vitamin D level with a supplement. It was just barely into the acceptable level before I started. My last physical, it was smack dab in the middle of the acceptable range.

I think I'm due for a bone scan this year. I'll be interested in the results, as I've been diagnosed with osteopenia.

 

[LaFleche]

Thank you for this very informative thread! @saysfaa

 

[Cebarmlds]

Magnesium helps raise vitamin D levels and many people are low in Magnesium.