Linda09 ... interestingly enough, while a good load of prunes have been known to make you really go, but only if you haven't done that in a long time. If you eat them regularly, they don't have the same impact. But they do add fiber, minerals and vitamins for better health.

linda09....haha but your sure wouldn't have constipation! another thing we have to deal with!!!

eat alotta purnes ya think ya be crappin urself to death .

For years I've put 2 or 3 prunes on my husband's HUGE breakfast fruit plate, but now swallowing problems make them a challenge for him. So I've been thinking of finishing the big bag off myself. I wasn't thinking of 10 per day, but I will experiment with it, get out the finger-prick torture device and see how many I can eat at once without a blood sugar spike. Maybe a couple prunes and a few cashews would be a good snack.

I'll see.

Thanks Jeanne for the Costco tip. As to the number of prunes, spread out over the whole day, it's not so much. Sure 5 work, too. Just not as they did in the study.

That is a LOT of prunes! I wonder if 5 prunes a day would also help.

By the way, if you are a Costco member, their dried plunes are fantastic!

Joyce, you are quite right about the many dangers that are associated with broken hips and other hospital confinement because of infections caught there.

My husband did not die of Alzheimers, he died because they confined him at the VA and to make life easier for the staff put him on a catheter. He ended up with an 'Nosocomial Infection' - which killed him. Over one million similar infections occur each year in hospitals when catheters are used, according to a report I located by searching for "infections due to catheter use in hospitals.".

According to the study, the women in the study ate 10 prunes per day, as well as some supplements. They did better than the other women in the study who did not eat prunes.

Personally, I'm also a believer in "leafy green vegetables" as a great source of calcium the body can actually absorb and get benefits from. Much better than milk and tablets which often the body can not utilize. There is a lot of information available when looking in search engines.
But remember, often Magnesium is even more important than calcium for bone and other health.

Good questions EssentCaregiver....how many prunes = 100 grams? AND elderly do not die because of the broken hip...if I am not mistaken, they catch something in the hospital which kills them. People don't die of a broken anything unless it is something more. Correct me if I am wrong.

Is there any data on whether prunes seem to work in preference to calcium supplements? Should the two be used in tandem?