Guess what time it is?! ... It's Osteoporosis awareness month which affects ALL of us gals
So how does a gal get strong bones?
Weight bearing exercise is KEY to building and maintaining strong bones and great for adding a little extra tone. This includes exercises that forces you to work against gravity like weight training, walking, hiking, jogging, climbing stairs, tennis, and dancing.
Eat foods rich in Vitamin K2, Vitamin D, and Calcium
The biological role of vitamin K2 is to help move calcium into the proper areas in your body, such as your bones and teeth. It also helps remove calcium from areas where it shouldn’t be, such as in your arteries and soft tissues.
Vitamin D provides improved bone development by helping you absorb calcium and there is new evidence that vitamin K2 directs the calcium to your skeleton, while preventing it from being deposited where you don't want it.
If you take a calcium supplement, it’s important to maintain the proper balance between calcium, vitamin K2, vitamin D, and magnesium.
Lack of balance between these nutrients is why calcium supplements have become associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Here’s a guide to some of my favorite medicinal plants while forest foraging in the Pacific Northwest…