Bone Density and me...

Ok, so today I volunteered for a health fair event in one of our local school districts. I provided massage therapy and was happily kept busy, busy, busy. But once in while my hands needed a break so I took the liberty of walking around the room and checked out all of the other vendors. There were many, and I spoke with most but only one offered me a bone density test. I'd never heard of this test and never thought of having myself testing for something (osteoperosis) I thought might only effect the elderly, but I sat down with the Dr. and sacrificed the heel of my foot (through which a painless lazer beam was shot which would determine the denisty of my bones overall).

And guess what??????? After examining the results, the Dr. told me that I scored the highest number of the day and that he couldn't even give me my score because it was "off the charts" (literally). :) That made me so happy. Can you imagine? A vegan who scored off the charts on a bone density test? Really? Ok, so I haven't been at it for that long yet, but according to the doctor and of course other research I've done in the past, calcium comes from many sources...not just dairy. Needless to say, I'm proud...now, here's to keeping it up!