Copied from Amazon.com Editorial Reviews Product Description It's essential to maintain strong bones to keep an active lifestyle, but aside from taking a daily calcium supplement, is there really anything you can do to improve your bone health? With this complete program for stronger bones created by health educator Annemarie Colbin, you'll learn the best foods to eat to build bone mass and find out which foods actually weaken bones. You'll also discover how exercise and finding personal balance can improve your health and prevent fragility fractures, menopause-related bone loss, and osteoporosis.

• What puts you at risk for bone fracture
• Why medication and estrogen therapy may not work for you
• How the nutrients in whole foods build bone mass
• 85 easy recipes that maximize the bone-building effects of whole foods

"The bones of the body renew themselves every seven years. With the wholesome wisdom of this book, you can help your bones provide a firm scaffold for your body." --Mehmet C. Oz, MD, coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual and YOU: Staying Young From the Publisher In Whole Foods for Strong Bones, maverick nutritional theorist and best-selling author Annemarie Colbin gives readers a complete lifestyle program, including some 100 delicious and satisfying recipes, that can strengthen bones and prevent osteoporosis. About the Author Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D., is author of The Natural Gourmet, Food and Healing, The Book of Whole Meals, and Food and Our Bones. She is an award-winning leader in the field of natural health, and a highly sought-after lecturer and wellness consultant. She founded the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City in 1977, which is the oldest natural foods cooking school in the country. It is also the only one licensed by the New York State Education Department and accredited to offer a career chef's training program in natural foods cooking. The associated Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health, where she teaches regularly, offers a wide array of lectures and cooking classes for the general public on many styles of healthful cooking, incorporating a variety of dietary approaches, as well as on the uses of food as a healing tool for various health conditions. Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D., is a health educator and award-winning writer, consultant, and lecturer. She is the founder and CEO of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City, which offers a licensed and accredited career program in natural foods cuisine. The associated Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health offers avocational classes in health-supportive cooking and natural healing to the general public. Colbin has also taught at several New York City schools, including the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the New York City Open Center, Touro College, and Empire State College. She is author of several books including Food and Healing and writes a column, "Food and Your Health," for New York Spirit magazine. Colbin offers private wellness consultations. She lives in New York City with her husband, journalist Bernard Gavzer.