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How to avoid, even reverse, osteoporosis

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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?

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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.

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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.

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HeronNS in reply toosteo2021

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).

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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!).

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Kitchenbuddy in reply toWhitner

That's encouraging!

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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? :-(

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Mark_ABH in reply toReese4

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.

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Reese4 in reply toMark_ABH

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

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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!)

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