Menopausal and postmenopausal women looking for a non-pharmacological solution to symptoms like loss of bone density and digestive distress might find support from prunes.
A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that eating a serving of prunes every day preserved bone mass in the hips of postmenopausal women, potentially lowering the risk of fracture.
“What’s compelling to me is there are so many women who try to obviate bone loss by non-pharmacological strategies,” Mary Jane De Souza told The Epoch Times. Principal investigator of the study and others focusing on prunes, De Souza has a doctorate in exercise physiology and works at Pennsylvania State University. “It’s so nice to help those women who are adverse to pharma therapy. We know there’s a problem out there with compliance to osteoporosis drugs.”…