Vitamin D plays an important role in protecting your bones. It may also help prevent other conditions including certain cancers. Your body requires vitamin D to absorb calcium. Children need vitamin D to build strong bones, and adults need it to keep bones strong and healthy.
#GivingTuesday Bone Chats
Join us on GivingTuesday for one or more of our Bone Chats! We’ll be talking to experts throughout the day about a number of issues concerning the bone health community. For every person who attends our Bone Chats LIVE, our CEO, Claire Gill, and Board Member, Charles Lawrence, will make a donation in your honor! You can support us on #GivingTuesday just by participating!
It’s Working: My Three-Fold Approach to Osteoporosis
I’m Victoria, 70 years old and a lucky, lucky person. I live on California’s Central Coast, one of the most salubrious places on the planet. Mild weather enables me to enjoy vigorous 1-2 hour walks and 2 mile swims in outdoor pools. Farmers’ markets are plentiful, and local wines are award winning. So here I am, slim, a disciplined exercise-person, with an impeccable healthy diet. I am a registered dietitian doing everything we’re told is good to help prevent osteoporosis. Then lo-and-behold, I was diagnosed with osteoporosis, not just osteoporosis, but severe osteoporosis with extreme risk for a fracture by sneezing or bending over to put on my shoes. What? Seriously? How can that be?