Can You Feel It in Your Bones? How a Doctor's Quest Uncovered the Hidden Benefits of Silicon for Bone Health

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Charles T. Price, M.D., a nationally recognized academic orthopedic surgeon and research scientist, witnessed firsthand how osteoporosis can rob one's health. After a fall broke his mother's hip and led to her eventual death, he also learned that his wife of forty-one years and his sister-in-law were displaying signs of bone loss. He was motivated to learn all he could to combat this insidious condition.

Dr. Price describes his heart-breaking story and eventual discovery that there’s much more to bone health than calcium, vitamin D, and exercise. Read about his quest to improve the bone health of his loved ones. His personal journey will be fascinating for every person reading this book as you follow Dr. Price’s discovery that silicon plus other essential nutrients are critical for bone health.

If bone loss is something you're concerned about, then you'll find new answers you're looking for in Dr. Price's investigation and conclusions about an overlooked element in nature - silicon.

"...what jumps out at you is that more than half the people in the U.S. are getting insufficient amounts of six major nutrients that are important for bone health."

"My goal was to raise awareness of silicon as an important component of bone health."

"...most of the rising flood of research about silicon began after the Surgeon General's report was issued."