Bone Health

"Vitamin D is key to the optimal absorption and use of calcium -- and it's nearly impossible to get enough vitamin D from food alone.  Most people should be taking 2,000 IU of supplemental D3 every day."  Dr. Andrew Weil

Dr. Weil contends that we can get most of our calcium needs from food, but that we cannot get our vitamin D needs from food.  Milk products, canned salmon with bones, sardines, dark greens, and broccoli are all good sources of calcium.  If you, like me, do not like dairy products, Dr. Weil suggests 500 mg of calcium citrate daily -- because it is more easily absorbed than other forms of calcium.  My own doctor has prescribed 1200 mg of calcium daily.  Not only does vitamin D help with our bone health, it has more recently been linked to helping prevent cancer.  Good health to us all!  Happy Memorial Day to those who recognize that holiday -- the day we remember those who have died while serving in the military.  It is also a good day to remember those people who were important in our lives and who have died.  Who has been important in your life?