Dried Plums Slow Bone Loss in Aging

Dried Plums Slow Bone Loss in Aging
Researchers found found dried plums have a unique impact on bones, something traditional Chinese medicine has known for a very long time. Valentina Proskurina/Shutterstock
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Several recent studies have confirmed what traditional oriental medicine has known for centuries—that dried plums have the capacity to prevent and even reverse bone loss that can occur in our later years.

A previous review of 24 studies in 2017 published in Nutrients also confirmed that prunes can have help bones stay healthy.