Bone Health / Bone Strength / Osteoporosis
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The below provides a general overview on this topic and may not apply to everyone. Any treatment protocol should be discussed with a qualified healthcare practitioner ... Please refer to: Medical & Legal Disclaimer.
Bone Strength:
Could best-selling bone drugs destroy your bones?
An alarming number of users of bone drugs known as bisphosphonates have developed a disease called osteonecrosis -- their bones literally start dying and crumble to dust. We do NOT suggest you stop these drugs without consulting your doctor.
Relevant Supplements & Nutrition:
- 3 Bone Builders -
For optimal bone health, RealAge experts recommend the following daily amounts for healthy people:
- Calcium: 1,200 milligrams (mg) of calcium per day (broken up into three doses a day)
- Vitamin D: 400 international units (IU) per day (as a supplement) if you’re under age 70 or 600 IU per day if you’re over age 70
- Magnesium: 400 mg per day for women and 333 mg per day for men (Source: RealAge)
- Bananas can help improve your body's ability to absorb calcium.
Other good food choices: Cod Liver Oil ... Cashews ... Collard Greens ... Figs ... Green Beens ... Green Peas ... Olive Oil (instead of other oils) ... Onions ... Raisins ... Spinach ... Swiss Chard ... Tomatoes- Provide daily access to unfiltered sunlight and/or full-spectrum lighting. We need exposure to UVA and UVB rays from direct sunlight or full-spectrum lighting to synthesize vitamin D necessary for bone health. Window glass blocks necessary UV rays. 15 minutes a day of direct sun light exposure has been recommended.
- Decreased Bone Density Due to Fluoride Exposure: "Epidemiological studies and tests on lab animals suggest that high fluoride exposure increases the risk of bone fracture, especially in vulnerable populations such as the elderly and diabetics" - Ref. Fluoride
Recommended Reading:
Healthy Bones & Joints: A Natural Approach to Treating Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Tendinitis, Myalgia & Bursitis
How to Eat Away Arthritis : Gain Relief from the Pain and Discomfort of Arthritis Through Nature's Remedies
Bone Cancer Caused by Fluoride
In 2005, a study conducted at the Harvard School of Dental Health found that fluoride in tap water directly contributes to causing bone cancer in young boys. "New American research suggests that boys exposed to fluoride between the ages of five and 10 will suffer an increased rate of osteosarcoma - bone cancer - between the ages of 10 and 19," according to a London Observer article about the study.
Based on the findings of the study, the respected Environmental Working Group lobbied to have fluoride in tap water be added to the US government's classified list of substances known or anticipated to cause cancer in humans.
Cancer rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed with one in three people now contracting the disease at some stage in their life.
The link to bone cancer has also been discovered by other scientists, but a controversy ensued after it emerged that Harvard Professor Chester Douglass, who downplayed the connection in his final report, was in fact editor-in-chief of The Colgate Oral Health Report, a quarterly newsletter funded by Colgate-Palmolive Co., which makes fluoridated toothpaste.
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