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High Homocysteine – A New Risk Factor for Bone Loss

Homocysteine is naturally produced by the liver during protein metabolism and then cleared with the help of the B vitamins like folic acid, B12, and B6. It is well known that if homocysteine levels build up due to B vitamin deficiency (which is common) then a toxic level of homocysteine is reached that causes cholesterol to form plaque and interferes with neurotransmitter function making depression more likely. A new study is showing that high levels of homocysteine can accumulate in bone by binding to collagen. This in turn causes abnormal collagen linking, resulting in poor bone formation. On top of that, the homocysteine also acts to stimulate osteoclasts – the type of bone cell involved in bone loss.

Read More:  anti-inflammatory, B Vitamins, Bone and Joint Helper™, bone formation, bone loss, Calcium, Daily Bone Xcel™, Daily Super Pack™, high quality nutritional supplements, homocysteine, nutrients, osteoclasts, Super B Complex, toxic drugs, Vitamin D

Calcium and Heart Health – Flawed Study Alarms Women

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal has insinuated that calcium intake in elderly women may increase the risk for a heart attack. The study involved 1471 postmenopausal women (mean age 74). The story has been spread by major news media and has confused and needlessly worried many women who are taking calcium for their bone health. The study contains numerous flaws and therefore its conclusion is not reliable.

Read More:  Bone and Joint Helper™, bone loss, Calcium, Calcium AEP, citric acid, Coral Calcium, Daily Bone Xcel™, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™, Daily Super Pack™, DHA, elderly women, flawed study, magnesium, postmenopausal, Tri-Cal, Vitamin D

Folic Acid Important for Bones

An interesting 5 year Italian study of postmenopausal women found that the rate of bone loss correlated to levels of folic acid deficiency. It is already known that elevated homocysteine (often due to folic acid deficiency) increases the risk for bone fractures. This study found that folic acid deficiency alone, independent of homocysteine, was a key link.

Read More:  B Vitamins, bone loss, Calcium, calcium folinate, deficiency, Folic Acid, homocysteine, osteoporosis

Female Teenage Athletes at Risk for Bone Loss

A combination of low fat dieting, not eating enough in general, and high levels of exercise may seriously weaken the bones of teenage female athletes – potentially handicapping their bone density for the rest of their lives.

Read More:  bone loss, Female Plus, menstruation, teenagers

Dairy Prevents Bone Loss During Weight Loss

A diet of lean protein and low fat dairy, along with vegetables and fruit, was able to stop bone loss during weight loss – something that our government’s food pyramid guidelines could not do. Study participants consume 30% of their calories from protein, while the food pyramid recommends only 10% of calories from protein.

Read More:  Bone and Joint Helper™, bone loss, Coral Calcium, Daily Bone Xcel™, high protein

Protect Your Bones During Weight Loss

There is a right way to lose weight and a wrong way. The wrong way is to go on a starvation low-calorie diet and induce the leptin starvation response. When this happens you lose bone mass and weight, and you are much more likely to gain the weight back later. New research shows that the jolt to your bones may continue even after the weight loss has stopped.

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Bone Loss Linked to Hardening Arteries

Postmenopausal women have another good reason to do everything they can to help maintain healthy bone density – the failure to do so is now linked to an increase in plaque in the carotid artery

Read More:  atherosclerosis, bone loss, carotid artery, postmenopausal

Antidepressants Cause Major Bone Loss

Big Pharma has been obsessed with serotonin manipulation since the early 1990s, when their rather dangerous and half-the-time useless SSRI medications were turned into blockbuster drugs. These drugs are now shown to be a serious cause of bone loss and a new study shows why.

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Excess NF-kappaB Drives Bone Loss

NF-kappaB is a gene switch that enables your cells to manage stress. Its activation is required in order to deal with any sort of cellular problem. However, excessively activated NF-kappaB is fundamental to every inflammatory problem – one of which is bone loss.

Read More:  bone loss, boswellia, NF-kappaB

Scientists Document How Coumadin Increases Disease Risk

While doctors hand out Coumadin like candy, apparently because they have no idea how to get someone’s sticky blood to flow normally, patient’s livers were apparently not briefed on the strategy – an oversight that is likely to injure and speed the onset of age-associated disease. A new article in the prestigious American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals just how vital vitamin K function is to your health.

Read More:  bone loss, calcification of arteries, coumadin, side effects

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