Passing through New York from Europe this morning was not fun. Actually it was a hassle to be in New York.
This time it wasn’t because of the traffic jam and for once I wished it was. It seems that we as Americans can’t lose an opportunity to make fools of ourselves. There is this mosque thing going on in New York and its really bugging. Not that I care if a mosque is built or not. I come from an area where religious buildings dot every corner.
It’s this need to always go picket about each and every thing that is not important. I think there are more important issues that will affect my kids in the future. For example banks that charge shylock loans. I haven’t seen anyone picketing that. What about medicare? I haven’t seen anyone picketing the need to have an understanding of Medicare part D plan.
But oh no, if Obama said something, we must go to the streets and make travelors like me spend hours in traffic. Please go home. There is new technology to make your voices heard. You have heard of polling, forums, chat rooms, calling your senator?
Too much salt could help destroy your bones by robbing them of calcium,especially if you are elderly and at high risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures.
Caffeine,which is especially found in coffee,fosters osteoporosis,by promoting excretion of calcium,robbing bones of the mineral.A high caffeine intake combined with a low-calcium intake is particularly risky.
Low alcohol intake,can actually raise estrogen levels in menopausal women,helping prevent osteoporosis.Larger doses of alcohol,however,can be very harmful to your bones as well as to the rest of your health.Excessive alcohol intake,fosters osteoporosis by directly attacking and destroying bone cells.
Diet prescription to prevent osteoporosis.
The best prevention is to get adequate levels of critical nutrients that build and preserve bone density,such as calcium,boron,manganese and vitamin D,during your entire life.
After menopause and the loss of estrogen,eating certain foods with estrogenic activity,such as soybeans and high boron foods,may help boost estrogen levels, helping protect against development of osteoporosis.
If you are a young woman,eat sufficient fat or cholesterol to maintain normal body fat and estrogen levels to sustain normal menstrual periods.
Go easy on foods and beverages that steal calcium.Keep coffee intake below 3 cups a day.Restrict sodium,which can flush calcium out of the body,weakening bones.
If you drink alcohol,a drink a day may help bones;heavy drinking destroys them.