If You Want to Take Prevent Osteoporosis Eat Eggs Complete with Shells

Think that the valuable part of any egg is inside the shell?

Well, it is not.

Or at least the inside of an egg isn't the only valuable part. Eggshells are valuable, too, so don't toss them in the trash when you make an omelet. Eat them, too!

Not directly, of course. Crunching raw eggshells doesn't taste so good, but you can process and eat them in such a way that your bones will thank you. Here's how!

Valuable Nutrition for Healthy Bones: Eggshells and More
Did you know that a lot of people suffer from osteoporosis even though they take a calcium supplement? That is because they are often ingesting inorganic sources of calcium that their bodies can't use, so their bones still end up brittle.

Eggshells, on the other hand, are an organic source of calcium, and are 90% absorbable by our bones. That makes them a lot more useful than those horse-sized calcium pills. Even more importantly, eggshells have 27 essential nutrients our bodies need, including:

- copper
- fluorine
- iron
- manganese
- molybdenum
- sulfur
- silicon
- zinc

Not only that, but German and Hungarian scientists who studied the effects of eating eggshells noted that they helped not only with brittle bones, but also with brittle nails and hair, bleeding gums, constipation, insomnia, chronic colds, and even asthma.

Cooking Up Eggshells!
So how do you make eggshells edible? According to Dr. Mikhail Tombak, you do it like this:

1. Immerse the eggshells in boiling water for 5 minutes.

2. Allow the shells to dry, and then grind them to powder in a coffee grinder.

3. Take .5 to 1 gram of this powder once a day for 30 days, twice a year. You can mix it with juice or add it to rice or oatmeal to make it more palatable.

Pretty cool, huh?

Does Eating Eggshells Sound Like Too Much Work?
Not everyone is into cooking up eggshells, and I can't blame them. I've used this recipe several times and I don't find it too time-consuming, but others do. If you are concerned about osteoporosis and you want options to inorganic calcium, consider red rice yeast.

This substance has been shown to not only help strengthen existing bone, but also help regenerate lost bone and build new bone. When taken orally, red rice yeast has been shown to increase bone mineral density significantly in subjects, by as much as 47% over the control group.

Not too bad, especially if you don't want to spend your time cooking and grinding up eggshells. My favorite form of red rice yeast is OsteoSun from Simplexity Health. It's a convenient option when the eggshell recipe isn't practical.

Learn more about OsteoSun here.

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