Guest guest Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 I must the most jinxed person around or I am doing something wrong. For the past 5 years some member of my immediate family has broken either a leg or an arm. My 5 year old broke her arm tonight after a normal fall. My son broke his arm last year by sliping while standing still on a snow board. The year previous he broke his leg from Osgood Schlotters and not listening to his doctor and ran anyways, The year previous my husband broke his legs skiing and falling off a cliff. Ok that one is undertandable. The year before that my son broke his leg skiing. Is there any good foods I can encourage these kids to eat to strenghten their bones? I know a 5 year old will heal quickly. Get this I am the vegetarian and yesterday I fell of the snowmobile and ran over myself with the same sled. I only have a mild bruise and am a bit stiff. Why did my bones not break. I hit that tree pretty hard. Broke the supension on the sled too which I understand is virtually indestructable. Back when i wan int he Marines they sent me home because I kept getting fractures in one of my legs. I am the one with brittle bones. So any tips and suggestions for dealing with yet another year to the broken bone curse? Kirsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Jiminy. When I broke my arm, I ate( & drank) a lot of calcium rich foods. Tossed in a few Tums for the hex of it. I'm so sorry about your daughter. And son...and dh...yipes! Good luck. Beth --- Carousel Cheesecakes <cc1 wrote: > > I must the most jinxed person around or I am doing > something wrong. > For the past 5 years some member of my immediate > family has broken > either a leg or an arm. My 5 year old broke her arm > tonight after a > normal fall. My son broke his arm last year by > sliping while > standing still on a snow board. The year previous > he broke his leg > from Osgood Schlotters and not listening to his > doctor and ran > anyways, The year previous my husband broke his > legs skiing and > falling off a cliff. Ok that one is undertandable. > The year before > that my son broke his leg skiing. > > Is there any good foods I can encourage these kids > to eat to > strenghten their bones? I know a 5 year old will > heal quickly. > > Get this I am the vegetarian and yesterday I fell of > the snowmobile > and ran over myself with the same sled. I only have > a mild bruise > and am a bit stiff. Why did my bones not break. I > hit that tree > pretty hard. Broke the supension on the sled too > which I understand > is virtually indestructable. > > Back when i wan int he Marines they sent me home > because I kept > getting fractures in one of my legs. I am the one > with brittle > bones. > > So any tips and suggestions for dealing with yet > another year to the > broken bone curse? > > Kirsten > > > > Celebrate 's 10th Birthday! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday./netrospective/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Make sure the calcium you take also include magnesium. Your body cannot absorb the calcium w/o the mag nesium. Also, only 500mg at a time Candace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 > Make sure the calcium you take also include magnesium. Your body cannot absorb the calcium w/o the mag nesium. Also, only 500mg at a time Magnesium is in the same green leafy vegetables - spinach, broccoli, kale - as calcium. I add this for the benefit of those who think I forgot magnesium (I didn't ;=)) and for those who prefer to take their minerals from food rather than pills. Pat ;=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Kirsten, here are a few suggestions to strengthen bones: 1) Get off any soda pop. The phosphoric acid in the soda leeches calcium from bones. Try first limiting intake to no more than one can of soda a day. 2) Get off of dairy products. Countries where the most dairy is consumed - like the Scandinavian countries, the US - have the highest incidence of osteoporosis. Countries where traditionally little or no dairy was consumed - in the far east - have the least osteoporosis. Check writings by John Robbins, Dr. Colin T Powell (see his new book " The China Study " ), or check out Robert Cohen's site http://www.notmilk.com. 3) Drink calcium fortified orange juice, increase consumption of dark greens and nuts - all to get calcium and magnesium naturally. You can also get calcium fortified soy products. You should take in magnesium with calcium to get any benefit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from Maida. Please sign my petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/738171316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 For Kirsten - just to highlight my point #2, this article just appeared on the CNN website yesterday: A " report, published in the journal Pediatrics, said boosting consumption of milk or other dairy products was not necessarily the best way to provide the minimal calcium intake of at least 400 milligrams per day. Other ways to obtain the absorbable calcium found in one cup of cow's milk include a cup of fortified orange juice, a cup of cooked kale or turnip greens, two packages of instant oats, two-thirds cup of tofu, or 1 2/3 cups of broccoli, the report said. " http://tinyurl.com/5czkk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from Maida. Please sign my petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/738171316 Maidawg [maidawg] Monday, March 07, 2005 12:13 PM ' ' RE: broken bones Kirsten, here are a few suggestions to strengthen bones: 1) Get off any soda pop. The phosphoric acid in the soda leeches calcium from bones. Try first limiting intake to no more than one can of soda a day. 2) Get off of dairy products. Countries where the most dairy is consumed - like the Scandinavian countries, the US - have the highest incidence of osteoporosis. Countries where traditionally little or no dairy was consumed - in the far east - have the least osteoporosis. Check writings by John Robbins, Dr. Colin T Powell (see his new book " The China Study " ), or check out Robert Cohen's site http://www.notmilk.com. 3) Drink calcium fortified orange juice, increase consumption of dark greens and nuts - all to get calcium and magnesium naturally. You can also get calcium fortified soy products. You should take in magnesium with calcium to get any benefit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from Maida. Please sign my petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/738171316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Maidawg said: " Dr. Colin T Powell (see his new book " The China Study " ) " I believe it was Dr. Colin T Campbell, not Colin Powell, was it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Right Brian. Dr. Colin T Campbell, not Colin Powell, is author of The China Study! I must have been tired when I posted that. I hope I haven't made that mistake elsewhere. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from Maida. Please sign my petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/738171316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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