HHTV July 2014 TNT Diet Matters

Chronic conditions are a major cause of illness, disability and death in the United States. Nearly 100 million Americans have chronic conditions, and millions more will experience them as they age. We talked with a patient at Total Nutrition and Therapeutics who explains that she wasn't satisfied with her doctor's assessment of her osteopenia. Just being part of aging osteopenia.

My bones are losing bone. My scan was worse this year than it was two years ago. My doctor's response was, that's normal. You're getting older. I don't buy it. I'm active, work 40 hours a week, do stairs at the hospital, lift patients. There should be no reason but being told that, yeah, it's normal, you're getting older. I'm not buying it. And the prescription drugs that are out there for osteoporosis, very hard in your body. My husband had seen Lori for a month. I decided to join on board and find out that I do have issues as to why my body isn't absorbing nutrients. I learned I'm sensitive to yeast, which means I need to avoid anything with yeast or sugar in it. And I can feel myself getting stronger, avoiding all the stuff I shouldn't be having. I see future ahead in other people that I see walking around that are hunched over, walking with canes, walkers, and I don't want to be that person. I want to be able to physically do everything I want to do at 100 that I am doing now.

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