Sorry little lady but that fruit won’t help your bones. The humble prune is what you need. That wonderful dried fruit that looks like a shrivelled up testicle but tastes pretty good and does wonders for your bowel movements has now been found to hold even greater health properties. Florida State University has discovered through their trials and research that these little golden nuggets contain bone health-promoting vitamin K, potassium, copper and boron which have the capacity to prevent and even reverse bone loss. They tested 236 women who were between one and ten years into menopause; divided them into two groups; gave one group dried plums and the other dried apple for a year. Before the trial, every 3 mnths and after the 12-month period, they gave the women bone scans and tested for bone strength, density and bone turnover markers along with other signs of bone health. And guess what? The dried plum group showed significantly greater bone mineral density, slower turnover of bone ...