Dr. Jen Ashton answers viewers’ health questions.
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dr ashton is here back with us answering some of your questions here is one i thought i knew the answer to this one um can i build back bone density without drugs what would you say i thought once you lose it you lose it i didn’t know you could build back the bone like they’re both kind of right you’re right but you do lose it when you lose it um we’re only able to build bone density believe it or not up to our mid-20s after that you’re kind of slowly losing so can you build it yes but will you ever get back to where you are mid-20s no here are the non-pharmaceutical ways that i recommend to my patients who happen to be women but this works for men too who are trying to build up their bone density number one diet so vitamin d enriched foods or a supplement is easy to take vitamin k in rich foods so you’re talking about vegetables nuts dairy soy people think they can only get these things from dairy not true so look this up online and find the foods that you like calcium you should get from food sources not a supplement we’ve known about that data for over five years now it actually doesn’t really help our bones usually when taken in supplement form so get that from food and then weight bearing exercise so i talk to people all the time who say i love to swim that’s fantastic cardiovascular exercise it doesn’t help your bones if you are a small framed person i recommend you get a weighted vest you can easily get one online put a couple of extra pounds in it when you walk the dog go to the grocery store do your errands the more stress you put on your frame i.e lifting weights walking those kind of things the better for your bones all right and i know you have a prescription for wellness now you want to do it now i just want to get to it later we could just yeah let’s do it later we can do it later so this one inspired by something i read in harvard business review about procrastination really in life or the workplace but how many of us procrastinate when it comes to our health right a lot um so here’s three tips from that article which i thought was really fascinating number one be tolerant of the demanding work what does that mean you know we do have to do unpleasant things um just accept that and be tolerant of it number two untangle your feelings for that said thing so let’s say you want to go for a checkup or or accomplish a task and you are expecting it to be unpleasant it will be so try to uncouple that and see it uh slightly differently and then limit this work time to 90 minutes now that doesn’t really apply to health maintenance things but if you are trying to accomplish a new task or get something done it doesn’t have to be an all-day affair i say this right after taxes are due just 90 minutes a day maximum and then move on procrastinators out there or do it tomorrow all right thank you dr aston keep your questions coming to her on our instagram at dr jay ashton well hey there gma fans robin roberts here thanks for checking out our youtube channel lots of great stuff here so go on click the subscribe button right over right over here to get more of awesome videos and content from gma every day anytime we thank you for watching and we’ll see you in the morning on gma
