We often think about bone health from a nutritional standpoint. We analyze what we can put into our bodies to feed our bones—through diet or supplements—to make them stronger. That’s the wrong way to think about it, said Jonathan Schoenecker, M.D., PhD, assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Pharmacology and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
February 2, 2018
My Southern Health: We’ve been thinking about bone health backward
We often think about bone health from a nutritional standpoint. We analyze what we can put into our bodies to feed our bones—through diet or supplements—to make them stronger. That’s the wrong way to think about it, says Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Jonathan Schoenecker.