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Early warning signs include broken nails, leg cramps, joint pain, and  
restless behavior. More advanced cases will exhibit loss of spinal  
movement and a decrease in height. There are machines able to measure  
bone density and structure without the use of radiation or a body scan.  
The test cost is minimal and involves placing your bare foot on a plate  
that is connected to a computer for data processing. The diagnosis is  
printed out in two minutes.  
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Eat and drink foods rich in calcium and magnesium (refer to chapter  
4).  
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Cut out coffee and tea.  
Drink superfood on waking and at bedtime.  
f Drink nettle leaf tea at bedtime, as bone mass is decreased the most  
while one sleeps. Pau d’arco inner bark also contains high levels of  
calcium and relieves inf ammatory problems, as does black cohosh  
root.  
f Herbs to help maintain hormone levels at menopause include dong  
quai root, chaste tree berry, black cohosh root, wild yam tuber, hop  
strobilus, fennel seed, and many more.  
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Kidney cleanses will help balance calcium and phosphorous levels  
better, and estrogen output will remain balanced.  
Hormone Replacement Therapy has been shown to increase the likeli-  
hood of osteoporosis by causing mineral def ciencies that, in turn, promote  
hormone def ciencies.  
ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, and cervical polyps and  
cysts  
An ovarian cyst develops when an ovarian follicle fails to release an egg as  
it should. Instead it f lls with a clear f uid and becomes saclike and slightly  
f rm. Cysts are, some say, a defense system against serious toxicity or more  
malignant problems; 89 percent of them are benign. Some even suggest  
they are more like localized mini livers.  
There is a similar view about uterine f broids (benign tumors), which  
grow inside or outside the uterus wall. Very often they remain small, but  
they can grow, in which case they will often become painful and even  
bleed. If very large, doctors will want to remove them (occasionally they  
also remove the womb, but this procedure is becoming more unusual).  
Ranking as the most common female reproductive tumor, f broids affect  
one-f fth of all women. They are almost never malignant (cancerous).  
Most f broids grow inside a capsule, which acts as a barrier between the  


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