Supplements and vitamins

People should get as much of their nutrition as possible from the foods they eat. Ask your healthcare provider whether you need to take a vitamin or supplement. Remember that your pharmacist may also be able to answer questions you have. Note: The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) does not recommend any specific brand or product for vitamins and supplements.

Discussions

Microcrystalline Hydroxyapatite Complex

By Deejay60 · New reply May 23, 2013
29 replies
Has anyone had experience using microcrystalline hydroxyapatite? It appears to be effective in reversing bone loss, more so than calcium and magnesium supplementation. It is not cheap, especially the ...

Influence of Vitamin D Status and Vitamin D3 Supplementation

By faylou · New reply May 22, 2013
1 reply
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles /PMC3604145/ Our data suggest that any improvement in vitamin D status will significantly affect expression of genes that have a wide variety of biologic functions ...

Informative short video on supplements

By Tamhart · New reply May 20, 2013
3 replies
I subscribe to Housecalls which is a Sunday show with 2 doctors sharing information on the latest health topics. This is a short video but is loaded with information regarding vitamins. He touches upon ...

Curcumin Bioavailability

By EvenStevenDreamin · New reply May 14, 2013
22 replies
I use Curcu-Gel Curcumin from Epic4Health.com (http://www.epic4health.com/cuul500mgena .html) It's a BCM 95 Curcumin and everything I've read about BCM-95 tells me it has superior bio-availability. I ...

Calcium from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

By JENFEN10 · New reply May 13, 2013
2 replies
Are there any thoughts about the use of MegaFoood Calcium that is made from the yeast from grapes called Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ...

Muscle pain from taking Vitamin D

By Cdenning · New reply May 12, 2013
12 replies
Good Afternoon! Have been experiencing something that have all of my doctors baffled, and looking at me like i am either lieing or crazy. Originally my doctor diagnosed me with really low vitamin D levels ...

Super Protein Shot for Those that Need Extra Boost to Help with Weight Gain

By CubbieFan2308 · New reply May 8, 2013
14 replies
For those of you who have trouble maintaining your weight, my doctor at Mayo suggested a simple protein shots (it's not really a shot), to help give you extra energy and also give you good calories and ...

strontium citrate

By buckvic · New reply May 3, 2013
136 replies
any one know of any side effects of strontium citrate elemental? been on it 9 mos but taking a break for a bit , mayb etill my dexa scan. have had disc issues ...

Vitamin D

By smo23915 · New reply May 3, 2013
25 replies
Could someone tell me how much Vitamin D should we be taking a day? I take 6,000 a day. Also, what is the best type of Vitamin D to take? Thanks, Sharon ...

Magnesium to Calcium ratio

By HollyAngel · New reply May 3, 2013
8 replies
I don't see any discussions about how much magnesium you need to take along with a calcium supplement. From what I've read you need 50% as much magnesium as calcium or the calcium is of no benefit. Anybody ...

You have got to be kidding!

By Tamhart · New reply May 3, 2013
11 replies
I cannot believe this article I received today. Vitamin D is one of the most important vitamins I take and the one that I take in high doses. I sure hope I am reading this study wrong. I can't believe ...

VitaminD

By Tamhart · New reply May 1, 2013
2 replies
I thought this was an interesting article. It was funny reading the 2 different doctors opinions about Vitamin D. I copied the whole article because you need to have a subscription in order to access ...

Help for osteoporosis

By Katerun · New reply May 1, 2013
5 replies
I was told by a chiropractor that I have osteoporosis-I've been researching supplements that build bone & have run cross a number that sound good but can't always believe the testimonials- Has anyone ...

Supplement for your joint health

By ashily_kirsten · New reply April 30, 2013
3 replies
We've already heard so many times that prevention is better than cure so I'm taking this opportunity to share this small information (that I hope would be of great help) to prevent bone-related diseases ...

Bone Density Builder

By tayta · New reply April 27, 2013
17 replies
I saw at Walgreen a supplement called Bone Density Builder. It is made of Aquamin and Genistein. They site a study that improved bone density 3 to 4 percent over one year. It also improved joint health ...

best absorption of calcium, magnesium, Vit.C

By PixelPixie · New reply April 24, 2013
3 replies
Ran across this video about absorption of magnesium and I have been following her advice for the past 2 or 3 days. Too soon to know if it is a better solution than my previous take-all-at-once-post-meal ...

Best calcium, vitamin D supplement?

By angellynne54 · New reply April 24, 2013
1 reply
I'm in the UK! Found out recently that the vit C and D supplement I'm prescribe by Doc is not good at all, it's the calcichew with vit D. Seemingly the calcium is the lowest grade and the vit D is way ...

Vitamin D-Just when I thought I was figuring it out . . .

By TVP · New reply April 22, 2013
13 replies
Someone just posted a link to this article about a study done on vitamin d. http://healthland.time.com/2012/06/12/vi tamin-d-and-calcium-not-recommended-for- postmenopausal-women-says-u-s-panel ...

vitasprings ! has anyone used this firm

By penelepoie · New reply April 18, 2013
2 replies
hi everybody , can anyone let me know if they have had any dealings with vitasprings,, I had put in an online order on 23rd march,, to date i have had no information from them,, I called them, (which ...

WHICH IS THE BEST SOURCE OF CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT?

By nastazia_ck · New reply April 16, 2013
21 replies
I'm trying to find which is the best source for calcium supplement. There is citrate, carbonate, gluconate, etc. Do you know which is the best source to have ...

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