Osteoporosis Articles:
Common Diabetes Drug Causes Bone Loss – Medical Profession in a Funk
The commonly used and much maligned diabetes drug, Avandia, just took another spill down the stairs. A new mouse study shows that the drug weakens bones and is likely to cause osteoporosis in the millions of users in the United States. The drug was shown to get directly in the way of healthy bone function, causing accelerated bone loss and slowed bone growth.Read More: Avandia, bone function, GlaxoSmithKline, heart disease, osteoporosis
Calcium in Teenage Girls Builds Bones
A new study highlights the significant gains to be made by consistent calcium supplementation, gains that are lost when calcium supplementation is stopped. Maximizing bone development during teenage years is vital for a woman’s later-life risk for osteoporosis. Indeed, the failure to maximize optimal bone formation during teenage years is lost ground that is difficult to make up.Read More: Bone and Joint Helper™, Calcium, Calcium AEP, Coral Calcium, Daily Bone Xcel™, girls, osteoporosis, supplements, teenagers, Tri-Cal
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
Fosamax Linked to Serious Abnormal Bone Fractures
On March 20, 2008, The New England Journal of Medicine published a physician group report of 15 women taking Fosamax who experienced “atypical low-energy fractures,” which means their bones broke doing almost nothing – a serious kind of injury typically seen in very elderly individuals in declining health. The fact that the NEJM is reporting this is a major wake up call to anyone who hasn’t figured out that Fosamax is dangerous to your health.Read More: Big Pharma, Fosamax, Merck, osteoporosis
Is Long Life in Your Bones?
Most people think of bone issues in terms of osteoporosis or concerns about breaking them, which are important issues as something like a hip fracture can lead to an increased rate of mortality. However, bones are now recognized as a metabolic powerhouse intimately involved with cardiovascular health, diabetes risk, immunity, inflammation, and metabolism. This started becoming obvious a few years back when “all cause mortality” was linked to bone health.Read More: aging, heart disease, mortality, osteoporosis
Blueberries for Your Memory and Bones
Blueberries continue to rack up their impressive credentials as the top superfood fruit in the world. Now is the season – eat all the fresh organic blueberries you can lay your hands on. News studies show that blueberries can rejuvenate your memory cells and protect your bones from bone loss.Read More: aging, Blueberries, osteoporosis
Cissus Quadrangularis – A Potent Bone Builder
The herb Cissus quadrangularis is widely used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine for its profound bone healing and bone mending properties. New scientific exploration is helping to document the power of this unique bone support nutrient. The latest study shows that it directly helps bone marrow make the bone-building carpenter cells known as osteoblasts as well as directly promoting the formation of calcium matrix (new bone).Read More: Bone and Joint Helper™, bone building, Calcium AEP, Cissus Quadrangularis, Coral Calcium, osteoporosis, Tri-Cal
Early-life Calcium Affects Later-life Osteoporosis & Obesity Risk
Programming of bone cells early in life may depend on the calcium status of the mother during nursing. A new study suggests that a lack of calcium in this critical phase of development may lead to bone cells more inclined to make fat cells, in turn increasing the risk for obesity.Read More: Calcium, Calcium AEP, Coral Calcium, Daily Bone Xcel™, nursing, osteoporosis, Tri-Cal
Calcium Hydroxyapatite is an Effective Bone Builder
Your body produces calcium hydroxyapatite, which is a three-dimensional calcium-rich structure that is the building block of bone. Dietary supplements of calcium hydroxyapatite are a true bone food and have been shown to be a superior form of calcium for bone health.Read More: bone building, bone density, Calcium Hydroxyapatite, osteoporosis, postmenopausal
Potassium Supports Bone Health
Mineral buffers play an important role in preserving overall health by helping to keep pH in a range where enzyme activity in vital body systems works efficiently. Potassium, like magnesium and calcium, has an important role as a mineral pH buffer. In comparison, excessive salt intake can tilt metabolism into an acid pH state that corresponds to increased inflammation and poor health. Bones as an organ are a reserve of mineral buffers, like a savings account. Depleting this savings account creates a physiology situation prone to bone loss. Potassium is proving itself as a key mineral that helps to offset this stress and preserve bone.Read More: acid pH, metabolism, minerals, osteoporosis, potassium
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