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You’ll hardly believe this creamy, tropical delight has only 135 calories and 1 gram of sugar per serving! In addition to satisfying your sweet tooth, you might just feel calmer after eating it. That’s because calcium and magnesium work together to relax and calm the nerves and support the nervous system.

Time to Table: 20 minutes + 4 hours
Yield: 1 quart (8-1/2 cup servings)

A day doesn’t go by that I don’t see Valerie Bertinelli or Sally Fields on TV advertising Boniva® or some other treatment for osteoporosis. This condition is a major health problem in older people, especially women, who often sustain fractures as a result of falls. There are over 1.5 million fractures a year attributed to osteoporosis in the US each year.¹

Normally, the bony skeleton is maintained by continual renewal called remodeling, removing old bone and replacing it with new bone.¹ The entire skeleton is replaced every seven years. To do this, our cells require calcium, and to absorb calcium from our diet, we also require vitamin D, which our bodies can manufacture in the skin, with exposure to sunlight.

In osteoporosis which means “porous bone,” bones are peppered with millions of microscopic holes, or pores, the result of continual bone resorption over time. (Resorption is the process in which bone is broken down and calcium is released into the blood.) The normal balance between bone resorption and new bone creation is lost, with bone loss overwhelming the formation of new bone.¹ This results in a net loss of bone volume and strength and bones that are brittle.

The bone that remains is normal bone; there’s just less of it. Think of Swiss cheese: the cheese itself is normal, but it’s shot throughout with lots of holes. Really advanced osteoporosis would be analogous to lacy Swiss cheese.

Move over pasta. You’ve been replaced. Spaghetti squash makes the perfect base for juicy,grass-fed meatballs nestled in a hearty Cabernet Marinara. And because spaghetti squash has such a low glycemic load, you can enjoy a healthy serving of this “spaghetti” without spiking your blood sugar.

Time To Table: 30 minutes

Serves: 4

Cook up a comforting pot of prevention! This sumptuous seafood soup provides an excellent source of seven nutrients, plus a good source of three more. But that’s not all. It’s ready in less than 30 minutes and budget conscious too.

Serves:

Time to Table: 20 minutes

This low-glycemic comfort-food classic is a snap to prepare and can help keep your mind sharp too. That’s because each delicious serving provides 65% of the RDA for niacin — a brain-boosting B vitamin. In fact, recent published research found that people who got the least niacin were 70% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than those who got higher amounts.¹

Serves: 4

Time to Table: 45 minutes

This simple, upscale recipe is sure to impress your friends. In addition to its elegant looks, it also provides a good source of five nutrients, including calcium. An analysis of ten studies published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that people getting the most calcium from food had a 14% lower risk of colorectal cancer compared to those getting the least.¹ Be sure to choose a high-quality, organic goat cheese for this recipe.

Time To Table: 20 minutes

Serves: 6

While I don’t recommend the cabbage soup diet plan, the soup itself is very nutritious and tasty — and is great to eat any time on a low carb diet. You can tailor the recipe to your likes and dislikes; for instance if you don’t care that much for green peppers, use green beans instead. If you want to make it even heartier, you could add a protein source such as ground or cubed beef or chicken. I’ve modified the recipe to include only organic ingredients.

Serves: 4

Don’t assume that because a mineral isn’t being featured in this article that it’s not important. Manganese, potassium, iodine, molybdenum, boron — all play an important role in health. But most high-quality multiple mineral formulas will contain enough of them for most purposes. However, like all the nutrients on this list, there are therapeutic uses for some that go beyond what you can get in a normal multiple, even a high-quality one.

Creamed vegetable recipes can be very good, but are usually made with regular flour and so are higher in starch. The almond flour used in this recipe provides a wheat-free, lower carb alternative. With the onions, garlic, and butter that flavor the vegetables, you can get even your “non-vegetable lovers” to enjoy them.

This light refreshing salad featuring soy or goat’s milk yogurt is a healthy take on an Indian classic.