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Strong Women, Strong Bones

If you're a woman with bones, you'll want to read Strong Women, Strong Bones. Like its best-selling predecessors, Strong Women Stay Young and Strong Women Stay Slim, this book teaches women how to take charge and make dramatic changes in their health and appearance through nutrition and an exercise program that includes strength training. The authors present the results of the latest scientific research as it applies to us directly - and in a clear, friendly, accessible style.

This book is aimed at helping you prevent and treat osteoporosis through exercise and nutrition. The exercise advice includes strength training, weight-bearing aerobic exercise, stretching, and balance, with illustrated, "bone-boosting" exercises provided. The nutritional advice won't have you spending your whole paycheck on supplements; rather, you're encouraged to get your "bone-friendly" nutrients through fruits, vegetables, soy, and high-calcium foods, plus a calcium/vitamin D supplement.

The authors, Tufts University researcher Miriam Nelson and award-winning health writer Sarah Wernick, are a superb team. Nelson knows the science (including the latest research) about keeping bones strong and how to put that information into action; Wernick knows how to present the material so that it's easy to understand and use. Their books are winners because they empower women to keep themselves healthy with simple, trustworthy, science-based advice. (I wish more health, fitness, and diet bestsellers could claim that!)

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