Bone Builders and Healthy Nerve Function

[suzanne sanders]

Calcium is well known for its role in building strong bones and teeth.  It is also essential for healthy nerve function.  If your body is getting enough calcium and absorbing it, it will prevent nervousness, irritability, muscle spasms, muscle cramping, hyperactivity, and insomnia.  

Bones  need a good mix of essential minerals and fatty acids for healthy bone function. This includes plant-derived magnesium and silica as well as animal forms of saturated fat and the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA & DHA.

The best forms of silica come from cucumbers, celery, horsetail, nettles, oat straw & alfalfa. Magnesium comes from many different sources including nuts, seeds, legumes and green vegetables. The best source of magnesium is raw, organic cacao and high quality dark chocolate.

Another powerful form of essential minerals is found in pink salts including Himalayan Sea Salt. These salts provide ideal mineral ratios for optimal absorption and usage in the body. Sea vegetables such as kelp, dulse and other forms of seaweed and sea algae like chlorella are also fantastic sources of bone-building nutrients.

The best forms of calcium and bone building nutrients come from leafy green vegetables and fermented, raw milk products from 100%-grass fed cows and goats. Pasteurized forms of milk and grain-fed animals provide inflammatory fatty-acids and other metabolites that promote calcium mineralization into arterioles.

http://www.tanplusforhealth.com/news/february/calcium_nn0112.htm

Raw cheese and fermented drinks from 100% grass-fed animals provide the perfect ratio of vitamin D3, K2, calcium, magnesium, zinc, omega-3 fatty acids and saturated fat. Raw cheese is perhaps the best bone building, cardio-protective food one could consume.

List of easily digestible forms of calcium foods: 

Seaweed, raw cultured milk products, most dark-green leafy vegetables.  Such as, turnip greens, kale, beet greens, parsley, dandelion greens. 

Herbs that are excellent sources of high quality calcium: 

Amaranth, chickweed, dandelion greens horsetail, mustard greens, nettle, oats and watercress.

Foods That Lead To Bone Loss: 

Processed and fast foods are the worst stuff you can put into your body. In order for your body to function optimally, it needs the type of balanced diet that I suggest in the next section.

Processed foods such as potato chips, french fries, microwaveable "meals", soda and candy contain very little nutrients and are chock full of undigestible fats and dangerous additives such as , high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, and preservatives.

When cooking, I advise you to avoid  omega-6 based oils such as corn, safflower or soy oil. These oils are loaded with highly processed, damaged omega 6 fats, which contribute to inflammation in your body. I would also advise you to avoid canola oil completely 

Instead, I recommend using healtthy oils such as  olive oil ( use only for no heat recipes) ,coconut oil (can be used for cooking)  organic butter from grass fed cows ( if you can get raw butter that would be the best), avocados, raw nuts like almonds and pecans, organicunheated nut oils, pasture raised chicken eggs,

More information on healthful fats: 

http://products.mercola.com/coconut-oil/

http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/beginner_fats.htm

Vitamin D Deficiency:  

There are alarming rates of people that are Vitamin D deficient.  Have your vitamin D checked by your doctor.  The optimal vitamin D level has been raised to 50-70 ng/ml

 http://www.mercola.com/article/vitamin-d-resources.htm

 the optimal vitamin D level has been raised to 50-70 ng/ml

More Information On Calcium: 

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/07/17/the-b...

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/12/21/osteo...

As you can see many foods are important to make sure you are feeding your bones, teeth and nervous system.

Remember, calcium needs other nutrients so you body will absorb it.  Here are the above foods that were listed, in a short form list.  

Horsetail, nettles, oat straw, organic alfalfa, nuts, seeds, legumes, green leafy vegetables, raw organic cacao and high quality dark dark chocolate, fermented, raw milk products from 100%-grass fed cows and goats, seaweed, amaranth, chickweed, dandelion greens, horsetail, mustard greens, nettle, oats and watercress, cucumbers and celery. 

High Calcium Tea recipes for adults and children: 

http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/high-calciu...