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Osteoblasts vs osteoplasts and PRUNES

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Chalk Talk: COOL YouTube channel aimed at people over 60. The channel digests scientific studies, explains the physiological processes and offers clear reasonable steps to address the key points, in this case more detail about the science of postmenopausal women eating prunes And yes, RantWoman is a bit of a word nerd and really appreciates digestible use of medical terminology. Not a doctor but a really professional content curator. Another hot tip for #Blind and Low-vision readers: there are fairly simple visuals, line drawings mainly. RantWoman glanced at the visuals occasionally but got the content just fine without needed to spend eyeball energy. RantWoman has set a new video to post every week but for heaven sake, subscribe yourself and pass the advice along to anyone it seems applicable. Since RantWoman is posting during #WeekWithoutDriving, this advice is exactly on point for people who need to keep walking and must maintain bone health to do it.

Every Week is a Week without Driving

 #WeekWithoutDriving RantWoman understands that really the point of the #WeekWithoutDriving campaign is to get people who drive almost everywhere all the time to consider the perspective of people who, well, don't. RantWoman has been officially not driving since 2004 when she flunked the drivers' license eye test in both eyes instead of only one. The examiner said "We're sorry. We have to suspend your license." RantWoman had not liked driving all that much in the first place. RantWoman historically did not do a lot of it and was perfectly fine not pretending everything was all better a year later when the immediate medical issue had been addressed as well as possible but short of a level where RantWoman felt any need to push her own limits. With that in mind, this year RantWoman is going to offer tips about gear: hi vis elements, shoes, bags, layers in Seattle variable weather, and assorted transportation misses. Maybe white canes too because two different incarna...