I question the whole bone loss myth. I think osteoporosis is created by our lifestyle, particularly the one women were forced to live in past years. I grew up and lived the majority of my life where there is only midnight sun. I didn’t drink milk until my mid-20s. I never took calcium or Vitamin D. I have only recently began taking both, low dose when needed, once, not for bone health, but because it helps with muscle pain and stiffness related to muscle and tendon injuries. (Try it.)

I shatter the other shibboleth surrounding this “disease”: I grew up with about 95% of my diet as animal flesh.

I’m 68 and have no osteoporosis or osteopenia. I never will have, and there is none in any family member. Yet, I have spent the years since menopause fighting off osteoporosis drugs and bone scans one after another. It’s a shilled and invented disease.

The only real treatment for “thinning” bones is to never age. It is natural for bones to thin as we age. The only real treatment to prevent unhealthy bone structure (which is different from bone thinning) is weight bearing exercise.

I didn’t have vehicle transportation until I was nearly 40. I walked everywhere, as did all my people. Even when we used the dogs, we ran alongside not wanting to tire them by having them pull us as well as the load.