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Vitamins and supplements
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.
Calcium Absorption
- By DeannaB · New reply yesterday at 9:59 pm
- 17 replies
- I have been fairly faithful with my fosamax and calcium supplements for several years, since I was "cold-turkeyed" off estrogen due to breast cancer. I was dismayed to learn this year that my bone density ...
Viactiv Carmel Calcium Chews
- By Gatekeeper · New reply June 29, 2009
- 10 replies
- Does anyone know what kind of calcium and Vit. D is in these? My mother (82) started taking them, her doctor apparently never put her on any supplements. Just prescribed Actonel. My sister recommended ...
Protein Basics
- By SequoiaHealth · New reply June 27, 2009
- 5 replies
- Protein is one of the three basic food groups necessary for good health; fats and carbohydrates are the other two. All protein taken into the body is broken down into smaller parts called amino acids ...
Help with Strontium Citrate dosing
- By SueI · New reply June 18, 2009
- 24 replies
- I've decided to take Strontium Citrate for my osteoporosis and would like help in the dosing, for prescription drugs I take only the lowest dose of Activella hormone. And non prescription I take a multivitamin ...
EZORB Calcium
- By TommyofDudley · New reply June 14, 2009
- 28 replies
- My wife has just been diagnosted with osteoporsis? She broke her leg twice and wrist once in 2008. She read all possible side affects of most presciption medicines and wants a safer but effective product ...
Anyone heard of Femarelle?
- By JilleWhite · New reply June 13, 2009
- 8 replies
- This has been around for a few years. I just came across the info. It sure sounds interesting! Jill http://femarelle.com/content/view/21/57 ...
Update on Strontium Citrate Clinical Trial
- By BoneLady · New reply June 4, 2009
- 11 replies
- In February, 2009, the University of California at Davis (UCD) announced it would begin recruiting for a clinical trial on strontium citrate for osteoporosis (the SCOPE Study). Since there had been no ...
Vitamin D3?
- By karen698 · New reply May 31, 2009
- 10 replies
- Could someone please tell me where to find Vitamin D3 ...
using EZorb
- By BJC · New reply May 28, 2009
- 13 replies
- My mom and I have been taking EZorb for one month. Mom says she has been so sleepy that she has cut back to one tablet in the morning and two at night. but the required amount for her to take according ...
Update on Strontium Malonate
- By BoneLady · Posted May 28, 2009
- 0 replies
- Osteologix, Inc. has received a key U.S. Patent Allowance for its osteoporosis drug, NB S101 (strontium malonate). This brings the company closer to its goal of manufacturing and marketing a prescription ...
Vitamin D Case Study
- By SequoiaHealth · Posted May 28, 2009
- 0 replies
- I wanted to share this short case study to make several important points about vitamin D. John, a 52 year old, 190 pound male in average health came to our support group wanting to know more about vitamin ...
Should the U.S. government provide 1,000 IU vitamin D pills for free?
- By rmchavin · Posted May 26, 2009
- 0 replies
- According to this scientific research study at PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, the U.S. government should provide free 1,000 IU vitamin D pills to all adult U.S. citizens. This ...
Calcium Supplements
- By Loods · New reply May 25, 2009
- 6 replies
- I read a report in a national paper recently that said older ladies taking calcium supplements show an increase in heart attacks and strokes. It went on to say that this is potentially very serious for ...
Can sunshine alone provide us with optimal blood levels of vitamin D?
- By rmchavin · Posted May 23, 2009
- 0 replies
- We all agree that sunshine alone can provide us with the Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamin D of 400 IU (that's 10 micrograms) per day. We all agree that solar ultraviolet radiation damages our skin ...
DHEA for osteoporosis?
- By brad328192 · New reply May 21, 2009
- 3 replies
- I've read a little about DHEA and how it may be useful for osteoporosis, though, being a hormone, it apparently has somewhat different effects in men and women. Does anyone have experience with or more ...
Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis
- By PikaB · New reply May 20, 2009
- 21 replies
- The 7th International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis will be held next month in Switzerland, where new research results will be presented. The abstracts are not yet online, but the presentation ...
Strontium
- By johnnysgirl · New reply May 18, 2009
- 22 replies
- I was disagnosed with Osteoporosis about 1 year ago and given a prescription for Boniva. I have stopped taking it because I'm concerned about the side effects of these types of drugs. I would like to ...
Calcium--should we take up to 1200mg?
- By nathji · New reply May 13, 2009
- 20 replies
- Almost everywhere we have been told that 1200mg of calcium is a must for all adults especially with advancing age. However the Harvard study given below seems to indicate that people with much less intakes ...
New Measurement Standard for Vitamin D
- By BoneLady · New reply May 7, 2009
- 2 replies
- "New Measurement Standard For Vitamin D May Lead To Better Bone Health ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2009) — In a development that could help improve the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, rickets, and ...
Advantages of getting your vitamin D from high-fat fish instead of pills
- By rmchavin · New reply April 27, 2009
- 1 reply
- The Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University recommends that adults get about 2000 IU of vitamin D per day. That's up from their recommendation of only 800 IU per day several years ago. It's ...
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