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Are Calcium Supplements Safe?

Aug 14th, 2010
by Dr. Cate.
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The July 29, 2010 edition of BMJ Online caught many by surprise, when it reported on a statistical analysis of data from 11 clinical trials in which women took calcium supplements without vitamin D in hopes of preventing fractures. The authors discovered that, not only did the calcium do almost nothing to prevent fractures, there were slightly more heart attacks in the group of women taking calcium supplements.

If you have osteoporosis, you may wonder: What should I be doing for my bones?

Here’s the wrong answer:

People with osteoporosis should be taking medications, not supplements, to treat the disease.” –Dr John Cleland

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Osteoporosis Treatment Without Drugs: The Missing Link to Superior Bone Health

Aug 11th, 2010
by Dr. Cate.
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Premature Osteoporosis Causes Early Onset "Dowager's Hump"

Research into side effects of common drugs provides insights into resistant osteoporosis.

Bone health conversations are typically limited to advice on supplementation with minerals or vitamins or–even worse–prescription bone density drugs. New discoveries highlight what may be another valuable tool to combat osteoporosis naturally: Collagen. Doctors at Orthopedic Hospital in Shropshire, United Kingdom, discovered that a common mood-stabilizing drug called valproic acid also blocks bone’s ability to make collagen by sixty percent, by blocking the action of bone-building cells called fibroblasts.
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