How to avoid, even reverse, osteoporosis

[HeronNS]

This twenty-minute video was posted on another forum recently. I've just watched it. So nice to hear a physician describe how osteopenia and osteoporosis can be prevented or reversed through non-medicine means. Unlike a mere patient like me describing their experience he has the knowhow to list the various common medciations which can contribute to bone thinning. I also like that he knows about Vitamin K2 - how many doctors do?

healthunlocked.com/boneheal...

Owing to the way the cookies on HU seem to be working today I am afraid my link will lead you on a bit of a trail - don't give up, you will eventually land on the video (in a Bone Health post) and it is worth the journey!

I want to add another comment, as some concerns have been raised. In my happiness at finding a commentary which very much supported what I've been doing the past few years I did overlook some of the details - basically skipping them as they didn't mean much to me. If anyone, including a doctor, says something is good or bad for you, it certainly doesn't hurt to double check the facts of the case, often, as Mark_ABH has done in this case, clarifying an issue or putting your mind at ease.

[osteo2021]

Thank you for posting this! I was surprised to hear him mention research indicating that calcium supplements aren’t helpful. Are you familiar with this research? Now I worry that the calcium supplements I have been taking for over a decade are merely coating my arteries and not building up my bones.

[HeronNS in reply to osteo2021]

I believe he is saying that calcium alone doesn't reverse or even prevent osteoporosis. We need all the micronutrients. I think it's been known for some time that most of us are actually getting enough from our diet so anything more than, for insurance, a standard supplement, not the big amounts we often are advised to take in later life, is likely useless (and without enough K2 or magnesium and a few other miconutrients could be harmful).

[Whitner]

What a terrific video, thank you so much for sharing!!! I had osteoporosis and was able to move back to osteopenia. I've done a few of the things Dr. Berry mentioned. I did have my doctor put me on hormones (not sure that I'm on the kind Dr. Berry recommended), I do weight bearing exercises (I walk, play golf and play pickleball) I try to do a 1 minute plank after I stretch and I do take calcium and the K2 (I know he doesn't recommend calcium, I'm thinking about cutting that out). I am 68 so I am living proof that you can reverse osteoporosis (even if I can't spell it!).

[Kitchenbuddy in reply to Whitner]

That's encouraging!

[Reese4]

Great until he said lithium contributes to bone thinning. I looked it up and apparently it's of concern for parathyroid problems. It's the ingredient in Life Extension's Memory Protect, a product my husband and I have been taking and notice good results. Now I wonder if it's advisable. I don't have parathyroid disease as far as I know. What to do, what to do?

[Mark_ABH in reply to Reese4]

Lithium, found in some medicines used to treat bipolar disorder, increases parathyroid activity, which leads to increased bone resorption. The bone effects of medicines often depend on dose; I can't imagine your supplement has the same amount of lithium as a prescription mood stabilizer like Eskalith or Lithobid. Those medicines, by the way, contain lithium carbonate, while Memory Protect contains lithium orotate -- so it's a different molecule. Ask a pharmacist about the relative doses of lithium if you're concerned.

[Reese4 in reply to Mark_ABH]

Thank you so much, Mark! I really appreciate the information and feel much better about it.

[Mark_ABH]

Here is a good rundown of the various types of medicines that can affect the bones: americanbonehealth.org/bone... (there is a link on there to download a handy chart for reference; we are in the process of updating that chart, so keep checking back!)