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Family and Children, Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Parents' Guide to Building Better Bones

Most parents recognize the need to encourage healthy eating habits in their children, and they have heard that calcium is important for building healthy bones. But did you know that keeping salt and animal protein intake low and fruit and vegetable intake high is every bit as important? Did you...
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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis can lead to serious and sometimes disabling fractures, particularly in the vertebrae and hip. The condition is more common among women than men, and more prevalent among Caucasians than other racial groups. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III,...
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Healthy Diet and Lifestyle, Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Seek Doctors Who Practice Healthy Habits

I have advised people for many years to visit health care practitioners who look healthy and who practice healthy habits.  Why?  Integrity is one major issue, but also the type of advice you’ll get from a doctor in excellent health is most often quite different from the advice you’ll...
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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Fibromyalgia: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Fibromyalgia is a common but poorly understood syndrome that affects muscles, tendons, and ligaments, and results in significant pain throughout the body. Although the cause of the disorder remains unclear, some studies suggest that many cases begin after a trauma or illness. The condition may be...
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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects about 1 percent of the adult population in the United States. It is marked by severe inflammation of the joints. The cause is unknown, but likely involves genetic and environmental factors. If left uncontrolled, the condition can...
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How Does Animal Protein Affect Bone Mass?

The effect of animal protein on loss of bone calcium and its consequences for osteoporosis has been extensively shown for more than 2 decades. Animal protein intake as strongly associated with bone fracture rate for different countries [Abelow, B. et al. Calcif. Tissue Int., 50: 14-18, 1992] and...
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Drugs, Treatments, & Supplements, Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Arthritis and Joint Pain

Learn how to live without this debilitating disease! People in non-western cultures who eat diets low in animal fat and protein have much lower incidences of all types of arthritis!
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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Gout: Overview and Risk Factors

Gout is a painful disease of the joints that can occur in individuals who have high levels of uric acid in their blood. Uric acid can irritate and damage the joints, as well as the kidneys, urinary tract, and other areas of the body. The majority of cases occur when the kidneys are not able to...
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Professional Accreditation, Credentials and Licensure

by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

Dietary intervention for disease reversal, weight loss and general health. Connect with others to get inspired or find out more about reversing disease with diet. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER OR LOG IN.

 

Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates.