More Osteoporosis Studies

[Polly]

Mornin'!

Here are summaries of more osteo studies:

#1: Food sources of calcium beat pills for reducing fracture risks.
#2: Together, supplemental vitamin D and calcium prevent fractures better than either alone.
#3: Protein-rich diets do not raise fracture risks.
#4: Vitamin D shortage strikes European women from Spain to Sweden.
#5: Women who drink green tea five times a week enjoy better bone health than those who drink very little tea.

Also, one of the studies showed improvement in bone strength in people who ate lots of fruits and veggies.... this has been found before.

Let me know if you want more info on any of these. (Oma will like the one about green tea!)

Love,

Polly

[barbaranoela]

Morning sisPolly--

I read something similar to what U posted--and hoping that my *bone* scan has improved BUT I wont know that till next year--cus its every 2 years for a scan!!!

I gather that if U called insur.co. and told them one needed to be checked every year--they would approve and pay??

My endo. wants my latest reading too---

luve sisB

PS. I just took one of my meds. and do U know it felt like it got caught where she biopsied----I can feel the annoyance!!! and thats other than taking the pill----throat area is still sore---

Here I go *griping* again----

oh well--

[Momster]

Very interesting information.

I have been taking vitamin D at my Dr.'s suggestion, but last week when I went to see her I was discussing the alarming rate my hair is thinning and she said I'm taking too much vitamin D and that can cause hair loss, so I eased back on that. She said 800mg is the recommended dosage.

I like the suggestion about green tea also and will be working on that one.

I didn't know the fact about food source calcium being better than pills, but I do like dairy products, so that's good to know.

Thanks again,

Momster

[celia]

Polly,

Thanks so much for this. What's the rationale behind #4, Vitamin D shortage effects women from Spain to Sweden? Is it just speaking about the fact that it's widespread in European women or is there something about that swipe of land? I know there's plenty of sunlight at least in the French region!

Hugs, Celia

[tex]

Celia,

I'm not Polly, obviously, but I believe that the problem arises out of a behavorial characteristic. The basis of the problem is that fact that many fair-skinned women tend to avoid the sun, due to their inability to tan, (they burn instead). I saw a french study on that. I'll see if I can find it again.

Ok, I found the article. Note the catagories and characteristics listed in Table 1:

http://tinyurl.com/n3k3x

Tex

[Polly]

Hi!

Celia, the main point of the study was that even in sunny countries like Spain, women had low vitamin D levels. In fact, in the sunny countries, about 80% had values low enough to be considered at risk for increased fractures. This study really didn't look at why....but they speculated it was due to the factors noted in Wayne's article.

Love,

Polly

[Lucy]

Hi there,

Vitamin D seems to be good for lots of things.

I'm giving the high dose form to my mother in hopes of helping with her dementia (study done in a nursing home). Also, folate in high dose because of her low blood level. It's hard to get her to take so many vitamins, as she's got a couple of other prescription things to get down, but I try.

One has to be very careful not to get too much calcium, but that's not likely to happen with diet.

Somewhere I read (was it on here?) that the calcium content of broccoli was a huge percent smaller than it was earlier in our history. I suppose that this is the end result of all the manipulation that goes on with foods these days.

It looks as though all the phytonutrients and other nutrients must play a part in the absorption of calcium, don't you think? More colorful our plates, the better -- not talking about the painted on kind either!

Anyway, I'm not sure that I could get enough calcium via diet alone.

Yours, Luce