The Healthy Bones Plant-Based Nutrition Plan and Cookbook: How To Prepare and Combine Plant Foods To Maintain Optimal Bone Density and Prevent Osteoporosis

Mother-daughter authors Dr. Laura Kelly and Helen Bryman Kelly have established themselves over the past few years as experts in understanding ways that plant-based nutrition can support bone health. Their new book builds on their previous work, The Healthy Bones Nutrition Plan and Cookbook, with updated information related to the science behind bone loss. They’ve carefully curated a list of pantry staples that are nutritional superstars, and they’ve enlisted Jummee Park to create vegetarian recipes that align with seasonal eating patterns. They share a mixture of scientific, ethical, philosophical, and environmental information, some of which readers might take with a grain of salt, especially when it comes to practices about which there isn’t scientific consensus (e.g., combining particular nutrients to heighten their effects). The book is a manifesto of sorts, designed to empower readers to nourish themselves in ways that are, in the authors’ words, a revolution against systems and structures that fail to support farmers, the earth, and the human body. While some recipes are complicated and require multiple steps such as soaking, that’s part of the process of slowing down, taking stock, and plating up meals that match requirements for fortifying bones with choline, B vitamins, and more.