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With an estimated 10% of American men and women on some sort of pharmaceutical anti-depressant the question of whether or not these medications will have long-term negative side affects is certainly warranted. Recent studies propose that one long-term effect of pharmaceutical anti-depressants is brittle bones and an increased chance of bone fractures. Not good news for the millions of aging Americans battling depression.Leslie Spangler, a researcher at Group Health, a Seattle-based health plan researcher, found that post-menopausal women taking prescribed anti-depressants experience a significantly greater number of fractures to the spine, as well as to other bone fractures all through the body. Spangler’s research indicates that women are at a 30 percent

greater risk of spinal fractures, and 20 percent greater risk of fracturing other bones.

Women taking anti-depressants need to be particularly diligent in getting proper levels of calcium. In my book, 52 Ways To A Healthy You, I share with readers natural ways to preserve sufficient calcium through diet. Dairy products such as yogurt, acidolphilus, regular milk, and low-fat cheeses are excellent sources of calcium. But many public are not able to tolerate these foods. Fortunately, we can get calcium in other foods that few folks think of as “high-calcium” foods. Canned salmon and sardines, collard greens, mustard and turnip greens, broccli, kale, soybeans, tofu, almonds, oysters, clams and shrimp are all excellent non-dairy alternatives for obtaining adequate amounts of calcium.

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