Better Health Through Nutrition Resources (01)

Beating Osteoporosis
Many women know that eating a calcium rich diet helps to prevent osteoporosis and stop it from getting worse. This site has information from Canada’s Guidelines for Healthy Eating, which recommend that women: enjoy a variety of foods; emphasize grain products, vegetables and fruit; choose lower fat dairy products and leaner meats; get regular exercise; and limit salt, alcohol and caffeine. Site includes osteoporosis nutritional information, as well as quizzes, living with osteoporosis information and osteoporosis treatment.

Dietary Nutrition: What You Should Know
This is the homepage of the American Dietetic Association, which provides information on optimal nutrition, health and well-being. It includes sections on advocacy and profession, professional development, and offers a tip of the day, and a monthly feature. Visitors can find a nutrition professional, and also head to the food and nutritional information site, which features information about nutrition on various foods. Nutrition fact sheets and a nutritional reading list, as well as a food pyramid guide, are also offered.

Demystifying Calcium Headlines
A recent study on calcium supplements in post-menopausal women conducted by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a U.S. government program, said that there is little or no benefit of taking calcium. This article explains that the study actually notes that calcium was shone to reduce bone fractures by 29 percent. This has a running commentary by one man who says the media was wrong to report this without exploring the whole study. If you’re interested in calcium supplements or taking calcium supplements, this is an interesting article to read that delves into this important study and the news media headlines that surround it.

The Effects of Osteoporosis
This website discusses osteoporosis and women, which many women do not realize can highly impact one’s health. The site says that one in two women and one in eight men over 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture, and 24 percent of hip fracture patients 50 and over die the year after a fracture. It includes information on how to keep your bones strong and healthy, such as eating a balanced diet with calcium and Vitamin D, doing weight exercises, not smoking or ingesting excessive amounts of alcohol, and going for bone-density testing and taking medications for calcium if necessary.