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On December 11, 2025 I had a MACI with a tibial tubercle osteotomy. I went from running every day and being on my own 24/7 to laying in bed watching trashy tv and begging people to bring me a cup of water and an ice pack. The change in lifestyle was drastic and the idea of living life like this was stressful, but i’ve turned to over educating myself on the topic and in true fashion reading up on how to best heal the body after a major surgery like this. And well, here is what I found.  Vitamin D (VD) to help your body absorb the calcium, because let’s be honest 2 days after y surgery I was begging someone to bring me a cold glass of milk (I hate milk. And I truly ment real milk, like red top full fat milk. Well having this surgery in December its hard to get VD naturally (I live up north) but supplements would have to do for the time being and seeing as your body needs it it wasn’t a bad idea to add to my normal supplements.  Vitamin D-fortified foods can help make sure you me...

           The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional diet of the Mediterranean region, and is very different than the typical American diet.             The Mediterranean diet is based off the pyramid system, similar to what you might have learned in grade school when the USDA used a Food Pyramid or MyPyramid to model a balanced diet. The Mediterranean diet pyramid is based off your weekly intake rather than your daily intake.   The core elements of the diet include a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grain grains/cereals, and olive oil at each meal. Meat is not a necessary element in each meal.   In fact, meats are broken down weekly, allotting 10 meals a week with meat, and 2-4 meals with eggs. If you eat three meals a day, that would mean more than half of your meals for the week would be vegetarian!   In a typical western diet, almost all of our meals have ...