Food 4 Osteoporosis Four Eating Plan Volume 1

Last year a dexa bone scan was ordered for me due to a loss in height (5'4" to 5'1", and later found out the nurse misread my height). I received the results of the exam via phone - and found out at age 51 I had osteoporosis. 45 seconds after receiving this diagnosis, my doctor asked what kind of medication I wanted to take. To say I was in shock was putting it mildly.The internet is a good thing, and a bad thing. There is so much information out there it can be overwhelming. After much research and reading, I decided that I would try to change my eating habits and take calcium supplements (I used the Grow Bone system). When I have my next bone scan in 2 years, if my numbers have not changed, I will try the medication. Changing your eating habits is not as easy as it sounds. Sure, eat more dark, green, leafy vegetables - but how? How do you get more calcium without drinking 3 glasses of milk a day?This book is the answer. It's a smaller book (just a little bit larger than my kindle), and it gives you 30 days of menus - for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Day 1 starts on a Monday - so your first 5 days are easier recipes (what I call brain dead recipes). In the morning, although I would like to eat a big heart healthy, osteoporosis healthy breakfast - it takes all I have to eat anything that requires much thought. The breakfasts rotate through variations of a few basics - either almond toast, some type of smoothie, a combination of the 2, oatmeal or greek yogurt and berries.The recipes have basic, easy to find ingredients, are simple to make, and taste good (I loved the blueberry/banana/kale smoothie, and who knew that almond toast would be so filling?). The weekend recipes are a little more involved - still easy, but something a little more substantial. Last Saturday I made the mushroom and tomato omelet listed on day 20 of the menu. It was so good, I made it for my husband the next day, and he loved it!So far I have not been following the book the way it was set up (day 1 through day 30), but in order to use up items I already have on hand, I am mixing and matching. I put the Monday-Friday breakfast recipes on index cards, so I don't have to hunt through the book in the morning. I haven't made many of the lunches yet, as the place I work provides my meals to me (NOT heart or osteoporosis healthy). The several dinners I have made I have really enjoyed. So far I have made the spinach with tomatoes and whole grain pasta (twice!), the salmon with dill, salmon with whole grain mustard, and the red lentil sweet potato soup. All were super easy to make, and quite yummy.I opted for the print version of the book over the kindle version, because I don't like browsing through recipes on a kindle. The print version was only a few dollars more, and it was printed the day after I placed my order (how cool is that?). The only thing I wish this book had was the mg of calcium per meal. That's not enough for me to knock a star off - just a wish. I have recommended this book to several friends, and would not hesitate to buy another cookbook by this author.

I did like this cookbook. It gets 4 stars because the recipes call for so many ingredients! I am a joyous cook, and I gasped when I saw the first recipe I liked had 16 ingredients! I didn't find any simple recipes in this cookbook. While it may not seem important, I don't have one friend who knows how to cook. I am not a kid, and my generation cooked. People just don't want to spent hours on their feet in the kitchen anymore I put this cookbook and the shelf and will probably never use it.

I had an insufficiency fracture of my tibia due to osteopenia that was not accurately diagnosed until 9 weeks after it happened, when I was directed to be non-weightbearing on crutches for the next 6 weeks. The arthritis in the joint that showed up on X-ray was impressive enough that it was thought the arthritis caused the pain. Yikes! ...and ouch...really, really ouch. So now I respect the osteopenia that was originally diagnosed 8 years ago and I was looking for some meal planning ideas. This book, Food 4 Osteoporosis Four Week Eating Plan, Volume 1 just arrived yesterday and I'm so pleased that it gives recipes for dishes that sound good and doable. I'm not an enthusiastic cook, but the recipes look easy and manageable for me to actually fix and to serve my husband as well. Also, I already have some of the ingredients in my freezer and cupboards!

This book sits open on my counter, it is so helpful. Vol 1 & 2 are the most straightforward and usable resources I have found regarding diet for bone health. The recipes are delicious, not time consuming and use easy to find ingredients. My family of 4 enjoys the recipes we have made. There is also good info in the book about relevant research and more, all in a very approachable and succinct format.

This book will help you get healthy and stay healthy! Nancy Robinson is very knowledgeable about the foods that we need and I am so grateful that she has written this book for all of us! She has managed to make a confusing subject easy to understand and implement, which is the hardest part!!

Most of the recipes did not appeal to me.

Not impressed. No variety! Daily menus were too predictable.

Great tasting food.

Since I now have osteoporosis, the information has been very useful for me