What is better than calcium for osteoporosis?

If your first thought when osteoporosis is mentioned is calcium,  the “drink milk” ads have really accomplished their purpose.
In fact, it may be hard to convince you that
your bones are in danger if you drink milk or
take calcium supplements every day.

I understand that very well, as I was  confident
that I would never have any broken bones because I took 1500
milligrams of calcium every day. That was before I broke my
hip the first time.

Since then, after studying more recent research I have learned that
there is something better than calcium for osteoporosis and for
healthy bones.

The truth is that if you take a lot of calcium without the added
nutrients that are involved in assimilating the calcium into your
bones, you are throwing away your money.

Dr. Nan Fuchs, in her Women’s Health newsletter  and Robert
Rowen,MD, in his Second Opinion healthletter, have reported
that much research has been done lately to confirm that most
people with bone problems are deficient in magnesium.

It is an under publicized fact that you need an equal amount of
magnesium in your diet as calcium.  And you are probably
already getting more calcium from your food than
magnesium. If you have an undersupply of magnesium, your
calcium will be excreted instead of being deposited in your bones.

Magnesium has 40 different functions in the body.  Without it
your heart can’t beat.  (By the way, most people with heart
problems are also deficient in magnesium – so much so that
many emergency rooms give heart attack patients magnesium immediately.)

But magnesium is cheap, so we don’t hear about it because the
companies that do produce it in supplemental form, are not able
to afford to advertise like the drug producers.   But even if they
could afford it, our federal laws prevent any company that
produces supplements from making any health claims for their
products.  For that reason, you may have soft bones and not
even be aware of it.

Of course, there are other factors involved also, such as
vitamin D3 and vitamin C as I have mentioned in previous articles.
Without enough Vitamin D3, calcium is not able to be absorbed
into the blood stream, so it cannot be delivered to the tissues.

But when the blood carries it to the parts of the body where it is
needed, such as the bones and muscles and nerves, it just passes
through the cell and is not deposited unless you have enough
vitamin C in the tissues to make collagen.  And without collagen,
the calcium just won’t stick there.

Our Designer has truly engineered us in an amazing way.  All the
vital functions of our bodies are interrelated in perfect harmony.
All we need to do is discover how it all works.

To read more about bone health read  How To Reverse Osteopenia
andOsteoporosis

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and this sight is only for the purpose of education and information. My desire is to relate the facts in laymen’s language to help anyone understand without having medical training. If you have any health problem you are responsible to seek the help of your professional health provider.

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