What raw foods are good for bones and teeth?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan V. on July 9, 2009 at 12:27am

High mineral foods like greens and sea veggies are on the top.

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Permalink Reply by Scorpion on July 9, 2009 at 1:03am

Greens seem to be the answer to everything...lol. Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Ryan V. on July 9, 2009 at 1:32am

:) Pretty much! Eat as much as you can handle! I don't get near enough, but back when I did, I was doing a green smoothie, a green soup, and a huge green salad every day . . . doing lots of salads now and juicing . . .

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Permalink Reply by Jah Rose on July 9, 2009 at 3:44am

the best foods, from what i've studying that INCREASE bone strength and promote strong teeth are foods and herbs that are high in SILICA. the body takes silica and transmutes it into bio available, good calcium. horsetail is the highest silica content food on the planet (equisetum arvense). there's also other foods you can look up. ormus is also a great helper in promoting strength in these areas. i've read about people who've even regrown teeth by brushing them with high silica stuff like horsetail. their fillings just popped right out. haha crazy. anyways there you go

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Permalink Reply by Scorpion on July 9, 2009 at 9:40am

Interesting, I'll have to look for that stuff at the health food store. Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by chasmyn on July 13, 2009 at 3:57am

Horsetail? The stuff I pull out of my garden plot CONSTANTLY? How do you consume it? I didn't even realize it was edible!

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Permalink Reply by Debbie Took on July 9, 2009 at 3:50am

Mike, I think you will find this reassuring.

http://debbietookrawforlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/where-do-you-get-y...

It lists calcium sources for raw vegans and reassures that raw vegans are no more likely than the average person (in fact less likely) to have bones/teeth problems.

I've always had good teeth and after two and a half years raw (the last year on a high-fruit diet) they're still good.

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Permalink Reply by Scorpion on July 9, 2009 at 9:41am

That's good news, I'll have to go with this stuff and see what happens. Thank you very much!

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Permalink Reply by Kim Caldwell on July 9, 2009 at 10:42am

green smoothies

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Permalink Reply by Refresh on July 9, 2009 at 1:27pm

PLA that's worrying about your recent scan. I've just been reading about prunes reversing bone loss
http://www.betterbones.com/blog/post/Can-prunes-reverse-bone-loss.aspx

A quote from that website
"This summer Dr. Arjmandi and colleagues will complete a landmark, controlled human clinical trial on prunes and bone health. For this study, 120 post-menopausal women have been taking either 100 grams of prunes (9-10 a day) or an equivalent portion of dried apples for one year. While it will be a few more months before all the research data is in, thus far 30 women in the prune group have had at least a 6% increase in hip bone, and one woman had an exceptional 11% increase consuming prunes over the year. Preliminary data from a segment of research subjects found that all prune-eaters showed at least some improvement in bone mass by six months into the study."

Prune power!!

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on July 9, 2009 at 1:43pm

That's funny!

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Permalink Reply by Mellifera on July 9, 2009 at 1:53pm

I used to worry because I do eat a significant amount of fruit, but I also make sure to get minerals from greens and seaweed, so I hoped that would help. Recently I got a dental x-ray and my enamel looks great.

healthy minerals are key

I am also eating raw-paleo, so I don't really eat grains very often and hardly eat nuts, so my phytic acid intake is low.

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