Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis: What You Can Do About Bone Loss - A Leading Expert's Natural Approach to Increasing Bone Mass

324 Pages·1995·38.664 MB·English

by  Alan Gaby

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Foreword by Jonathan V.Wright, M.D.

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Preventing
Reversing Osteoporosis
Every Woman'sEssential Guide
Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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1. Osteoporosis Popularworks. 2. Osteoporosis Prevention.
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Contents
Foreword V
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: IsThere ReallyNewHope? ix
Chapter 1 OverviewofOsteoporosis 1
Chapter 2 WhatYou EatAffectsYourBones 9
Chapter 3 Vitamin K: As Important for
YourBones as Calcium 21
Chapter 4 Manganese 29
Chapter 5 Magnesium: The Mineral
That "Does ItAll" 39
Chapter 6 FolicAcid 47
Chapter 7 Boron 57
Chapter 8 Vitamin B6 67
Chapter 9 Zinc 79
Chapter 10 Strontium 85
Chapter 11 OtherNutrients: Copper, Silicon,
D
Vitamin C,Vitamin 93
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IV Contents
Chapter 12 Calcium: Important, But Not theWhole Story 101
Chapter 13 HowtoTake Calcium 111
Chapter 14 Estrogen ReplacementTherapy 125
Chapter 15 Progesterone: AMissing Link 14
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Chapter 17 Do FoodAllergies
Contribute to Osteoporosis? 173
Chapter18 YouAreWhatYouAssimilate 181
Chapter 19 Aluminum and Osteoporosis 191
Chapter20 Other HeavyMetals:
Lead, Cadmium, andTin 203
Chapter21 DoesAcid Rain DamageYourBones? 215
Chapter22 C^erdS>ndOsteoporosis 219
Chapter23 Doesuhvroid Hormone^Cause Osteoporosis? 225
Chapter24 OtherTherapies 233
Chapter25 Natural Remedies: The Orphans
ofthe Medical Industry 239
Chapter26 Natural Remedies forWomen's
Health Problems 257
Chapter27 Summaryand Recommendations 271
AppendixA IntravenousVitamin and
Mineral Protocol 277
AppendixB AllergyElimination Diet and
Retesting Program 281
Index 291
Foreword
A born professor must teach, and with this volume you and I are
againthebeneficiaries ofAlanR. Gaby'sresearchandinsight. Prevent-
ing andReversing Osteoporosisis the book from which we can learn
thingsthat, ifpastbehaviorisanyindicator, the medical establishment
won't "learn" for 20 to 30 more years. Dr. Gabywas told more than
once in medical school to "shut up about that mineral and vitamin
research stuff, never mind that it's published in medical journals."
Luckily for us, he pursued his interest in nutrition and natural med-
icine. A man who insists on integrity and free scientific inquiry, Dr.
Gaby approaches his work with intelligence, energy, enthusiasm,
humor, and attention to detail. Whether he is lecturing, treating pa-
tients, orwriting columns, articles, or books, Dr. Gaby takes pains to
ensure that hiswork is accessible to everyone.
Besides being a gifted teacher, Dr. Gaby is also a talented re-
searcher. His skill is in sifting through vast amounts of research to
cull promising early research findings. He then knits these findings
into uncannilyaccurate and useful treatments forproblems that still
baffle much ofmedical science.
Dr. Gaby is able to pinpoint successful alternative treatments
because he works from a fundamental principle: the body is a
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whole. He demonstrates in this bookthat to take care ofourbones,
we must take care of our whole bodies and our overall health.
What'sgoodforthebones isgoodfortheheart, the skin, thebreasts,
the stomach, and even crucial for future generations. In Preventing
andReversing Osteoporosis, Dr. Gaby goes beyond the current cal-
cium craze to a holistic approach to healthybones.
In taking good nutritional care ofour bones (and bodies), we
mustbeconcernednotonlywiththequalityofwhatwe eat,butalso
whether nutrients are digested, assimilated, metabolized, and re-
—
tained all ofwhich are discussed here not as incidentals, but as
integral aspects ofoptimal bone (and body) health. Where else can
you read about the importance ofstrontium, vitamin K, and silicon
in bone health? Especiallyall in one place.
Since this book is written in the late twentieth century, a dis-
cussion of mineral toxins (lead, cadmium, tin, aluminum) as well
as acid rain is relevant and included here.
One of the big "osteoporosis questions" of the last two de-
cades has been the role ofestrogen. Dr. Gabygives estrogen a new
perspective, andworkingagain fromthe "wholebody,wholebone"
principle, he tells us of research on other hormones that directly
affectbone health.
Since Preventing andReversing Osteoporosiswill probably be
studied with a bit more personal interest bywomen than by men,
Dr. Gaby has done as he always has in teaching and has included
a chapter of invaluable information about other women's health
problems, includingPMS, fibrocysticbreastdisease,abnormalmenses,
abnormal PAP smears, endometriosis, yeast infections, menopausal
symptoms, andbreast cancer.
I first met Alan Gaby when he moved across the country to
studywithme; hequicklybecameafriendaswellasastudent. Now,
in the best tradition of scholars everywhere, he has surpassed his
teacher in moreways than one.
PreventingandReversing Osteoporosisis ample evidence.
JonathanV. Wright, M.D.
Tahoma Clinic, Kent, Washington
Acknowledgments
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., and Davis Lamson, N.D., fbrJostering<a
climate ofintellectual curiosityandforhelping extendtheboundar-
ies ofthe possible; Michael Murray, N.D., fortirelesslysearchingthe
medical literature and sharing with me hundreds of important ar-
ticles; Fritz Perlberg, for helping me stay motivated and focused;
Andi Reese BradyandMelanie Field, fortheir excellent editing; and
the many scientists and doctors whose research made this book
possible.
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