Prunes for bone health

http://www.elements4health.com/prunes-boost-bone-health.html?_ccCt=sLbL2K6foOmH9EOi2Cws6nxqRaAq%7e2YTtp2jwd5GxSaMLYYnqQhClwV0yklC_X8F

Link to an article about new research into prunes/dried plums for bone health.

Worth a try!

Love Tigerlily xx

Tigerlily thats that's very interesting. I can eat them dried but not the ones in a tin in juice yuck. 
I remember being force fed them as a child in custard, now I love custard with anything but those wrinkly brown things floating around in it, it makes me shudder even now.
Would it make any diference to bone density if we suffer from PTH or does that just cancel out everything we do to correct it.
Amanda xxxx

Amanda Lynne wrote:I remember being force fed them as a child in custard, now I love custard with anything but those wrinkly brown things floating around in it, it makes me shudder even now.

Les testicules de moutons !

Oh Edwin, now I really won't be able to eat a prune ever again.... mind you it's a reasonable description given how horrible they taste!  I remember being force fed them too as a child to keep me 'regular' .. 

Poor poor sheep     
Didn't have a sheep so I thought a pig would do.
Amanda xxxx

Never heard that one before, but I can see the similarity!!

These days I can actually manage the tinned ones and the lovely squishy Californian ones that come in a bag, but I remember that gorgeous bright yellow custard (god knows what was in it to give it that colour!) we had at school, too. Used to just have a plate of that without anything else. Blow the prunes!!

Not sure whether the prunes would help HPT-induced bone problems, Amanda - good question.

Love from Tigerlily xx

Yuk, I hate prunes, but almost feel obliged to try them now! And fancy bringing up that vile yellow school custard,  Tigerlily! I feel quite ill with the memory! It always had a hideous thick skin on it too. Eeewwww  

Talking of bones, I had a DEXA scan yesterday. When I was measured, I found I've lost 2 inches of height in the last few years. Where's it gone?! Perhaps I'm weighed down with worry or something... 

Love 
Brigitte xx

Nice one, Brigitte, about "bringing up" the custard!! Must have just had a good batch at my school!!

Sorry to hear you've shrunk - it does happen with ageing. 2" seems quite a bit, although vertebral discs probably flatten somewhat with age as well, and we're generally not as plush and plumped up as we used to be!

Let us know the DEXA results when you get them.

Love from Tigerlily xx