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Menopause: step-by-step

by Suzannah Olivier
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Food to fight osteoporosis
  • Take a calcium supplement balanced by magnesium at a ratio of 2:1 (so for example, 700mg calcium: 350mg magnesium). Eat calcium rich foods. Those balanced by magnesium include canned bony fish, like sardines and salmon, nuts, seeds and green leafy vegetables
  • Take vitamin D. Several studies have shown that vitamin D can significantly reduce fractures
  • Cut out salt, which can leach calcium from bones
  • Cut out fizzy drinks, which leach calcium from bones quite dramatically

    Eating to help cardio-health
  • Eat less saturated fats
  • Eat more fibre
  • Eat oily fish at least once, and even better twice, a week
  • Garlic, eaten regularly, can benefit cardiovascular health

    Suzannah Olivier is the author or Natural Hormone Balance (Simon & Schuster) and The Breast Cancer Prevention and Recovery Diet (Penguin).
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