31/05/2026
How many times you get dismissed when you ask for a a DEXA scan and just get “take vitamin D” or sometimes even “Vitamin D and Calcium”?
I practice that has no other effect than preventing you from assessing your actual risk.
We need to eat all the nutrients, keep a healthy happy GUT (by EATING fibre and fermented foods), impact and resistance training, balance and mobility training and knowing the risk factors of fractures (e.g.: smoking, alcohol, RA….). The tool is available in all languages:
https://www.fraxplus.org/calculation-tool