Reversing Osteopenia
The Definitive Guide to Recognizing and Treating Early Bone Loss in Women of All Ages 
By Harris H. McIlwain, M.D., and Debra Fulghum Bruce, Ph.D. with Laura McIlwain Cruise, M.D. and Kimberly Lynn McIlwain M.D.

     Osteopenia, sometimes called "the young women's silent epidemic", is the thinning and weakening of bones. This condition, which often goes undetected until a fracture, can strike women as young as their twenties. The good news is osteopenia can be prevented and even reversed by following the guidelines in Reversing Osteopenia: The Definitive Guide to Recognizing and Treating Early Bone Loss in Women of All Ages.

    Are you at risk even if you're not a humpbacked dowager? Ask the young, female athlete who eats a healthy diet yet has developed osteopenia or read chapter one, which discusses factors that indicate increased concern. Whether or not you're at risk, now is the time to start building your bones. Healthy exercise is the first positive step. Chapter two discusses different types and levels of fitness training and includes sample workouts tailored to specific age brackets. Chapter three, which discusses bones' vitamin and mineral requirements, includes information on the various foods that are part of a bone-healthy diet. Subsequent chapters deal with preventing fractures, including fall-proofing your environment; medical approaches and calcium supplements; and special situations such as children, men and postmenopausal women. Chapter seven is full of bone-building recipes; tempting drinks, breads, soups, salads and sides, entrees and desserts are all covered. For after a hearty, healthy meal, chapter eight explains and illustrates bone-building stretches.

      The good doctors are in the house, and they're ready, willing and able to teach you things other physicians are just beginning to understand. No medical mumbo-jumbo, no lectures. Reversing Osteopenia: The Definitive Guide to Recognizing and Treating Early Bone Loss in Women of All Ages is written in an easy-to-understand, amiable tone. Graphs, charts, suggested diets and workouts are highlighted and/or encased in boxes for quick reference. The case studies of women diagnosed with osteopenia, which are interspersed throughout the guidelines, give the condition a human, and sometimes surprising face. After exercising, blend up a Sweet Mango Drink, sit back and relax. It's not too late to have stronger bones in your future!