EZorb
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EZorb
Hi my doc wants me to take calcium as I have been on endocort for a year and last November I had a bone scan which showed some openia, roughly normal for my age, first they gave me calcechew which is like chewing melting pepermint chalk, moaned so they gave me fosamax, I explained to the doc that my recent gastroscopy showed inflamation of the upper part of my gut, but was still given it, I have enough meds I cant use to open a shop!I have been looking for a good calcium supplement and have come across EZorb, sounds great, anyone out there using it? seems expensive but when you add on shipping and possibly customs we are talking big euros, my hubby worries a lot about me getting osteoparosis and is very concerned I dont take a supplement Beni
Beni,
I'm not familiar with EZorb, but maybe someone else here has some experience with it or they're familiar with it.
IMO, the best way to prevent osteoporosis it to avoid gluten and dairy products, and make sure that you are getting more than enough vitamin D and adequate magnesium. Load-bearing exercises (including walking) seem to be more beneficial than taking calcium. Statistics show that residents of the countries with the highest calcium intake have the worst rates of osteoporosis, so something besides calcium is the problem.
Are you taking the fosamax? The bisphosphonates (and especially Fosamax) have been shown to cause many types of very serious health issues. I wouldn't touch them with a 10-foot pole, because of the health risks that they impose.
Tex
I'm not familiar with EZorb, but maybe someone else here has some experience with it or they're familiar with it.
IMO, the best way to prevent osteoporosis it to avoid gluten and dairy products, and make sure that you are getting more than enough vitamin D and adequate magnesium. Load-bearing exercises (including walking) seem to be more beneficial than taking calcium. Statistics show that residents of the countries with the highest calcium intake have the worst rates of osteoporosis, so something besides calcium is the problem.
Are you taking the fosamax? The bisphosphonates (and especially Fosamax) have been shown to cause many types of very serious health issues. I wouldn't touch them with a 10-foot pole, because of the health risks that they impose.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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beleive you me Tex a 50 ft pole wouldnt be long enough, no way have I tried it, I read almost all the messages( work permitting) and know that would be bad for me, the basic name for EZorb is Calcium asparginate, ankydrous, It seems it is better absorbed than any other calcium, got to say I dont have any intrest in any more walking than I already do, not lazy just walk loads on the farm, not this serious healthy walking just every day on the farm, on saturdays we have a holiday let on the farm an I must walk miles getting the place ready for the next guests, I would like to know how much magneseium I need I take 5 thousand vit D per day , AS a farmer to farmer I have no idea how you find time to help us all, thank you Beni
Beni,
If that's the case, I doubt that you need any additional exercise -- you're probably getting more than enough already. I've always wondered why people are willing to pay so much money to use exercise facilities in a gym, when they could be working on a farm or ranch after hours, or on weekends, and getting paid to exercise.
The RDA for magnesium (for women) is 320mg, so it's probably best to not take much more than that, unless you feel that you are getting absolutely none in your normal diet. Too much magnesium can cause D, because it's a laxative. The RDA for men is 420. I normally try to take 250mg per day, but the last time I ran out, I could only find 400mg tablets, so that's what I'm taking now, and it seems to work OK for me.
5,000 IU of vitamin D is enough to maintain normal levels for most people. For anyone who is deficient, more might be needed for a few months at first, in order to get the level up into the normal range. Working outdoors, you probably get enough sunlight to help keep your vitamin D level up, so 5,000 IU should be an adequate dose. I live in a very sunny state, at a latitude where the sunlight is quite potent. Even so, I take 4,500 IU per day, (which is probably more than I need), but I'm trying to get my level back up into the upper part of the normal range, again.
I'm partially retired, so that frees up some time, except during harvest. Otherwise, as you say, I wouldn't have time to log on very often.
Tex
If that's the case, I doubt that you need any additional exercise -- you're probably getting more than enough already. I've always wondered why people are willing to pay so much money to use exercise facilities in a gym, when they could be working on a farm or ranch after hours, or on weekends, and getting paid to exercise.
The RDA for magnesium (for women) is 320mg, so it's probably best to not take much more than that, unless you feel that you are getting absolutely none in your normal diet. Too much magnesium can cause D, because it's a laxative. The RDA for men is 420. I normally try to take 250mg per day, but the last time I ran out, I could only find 400mg tablets, so that's what I'm taking now, and it seems to work OK for me.
5,000 IU of vitamin D is enough to maintain normal levels for most people. For anyone who is deficient, more might be needed for a few months at first, in order to get the level up into the normal range. Working outdoors, you probably get enough sunlight to help keep your vitamin D level up, so 5,000 IU should be an adequate dose. I live in a very sunny state, at a latitude where the sunlight is quite potent. Even so, I take 4,500 IU per day, (which is probably more than I need), but I'm trying to get my level back up into the upper part of the normal range, again.
I'm partially retired, so that frees up some time, except during harvest. Otherwise, as you say, I wouldn't have time to log on very often.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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About keeping vitamin D up. I take about 5,000 a day but it's not enough to keep me above 30. I'm not in the sun much though but you'd think 5,000 would be enough. Not sure how much to take, really. When I took 50,000 units of D2 every day for 6 months it went up to 70. So you can see you one's mileage may vary. 
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