Elaine Magee
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 It's possible that a low-saturated-fat diet also improves bone mineral density. A high-saturated-fat diet was associated with lower hip-bone mineral density in a recent Pennsylvania State University study that analyzed data from
NHANES III (the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey), including more than 14,000 men and women. The greatest difference was seen in men under 50 years old. bone mineral density was 4.3 percent lower in men with the highest saturated fat intake, compared with the lowest saturated fat intake.
Fight cancer with fruits and vegetables. |
Andreas Moritz
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 As soon as they stopped taking HRT, bone mineral density declined rapidly, so that by age 75 it was only 3.2 per cent higher than it was in women who had never taken the hormones.
Increased bone mineral density has always been considered a positive effect of the long-term use of estrogen and progestogens contained in HRT and the contraceptive pill. But researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., found that women whose bone mineral density increased as a result of taking extra hormones also have a far greater chance of developing breast cancer. |
| Only those women who were on HRT for longer than 7-10 years, far longer than most women stay on the drug, had higher bone mineral density. However, even those on HRT for 10 years were still not protected from osteoporosis. As soon as they stopped taking HRT, bone mineral density declined rapidly, so that by age 75 it was only 3.2 per cent higher than it was in women who had never taken the hormones.
Increased bone mineral density has always been considered a positive effect of the long-term use of estrogen and progestogens contained in HRT and the contraceptive pill. |
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| Fosamax, and a loss of 0.8% bone mineral density for those taking a placebo.
At the hip, women taking denosumab experienced a gain of 1.9% to 3-6% bone mineral density, versus a 2.1% increase for those who were taking Fosamax and a loss of 0.6% for those taking a placebo.
At the wrist, women taking denosumab experienced an increase of 0.4% to 1.3% in bone mineral density, versus declines of 0.5% and 2% for those on Fosamax and for those on a placebo, respectively. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It takes days, weeks, even months to rebuilt bones, especially if you start out with very low bone mineral density. During this adaptation period, your body is rebuilding bone mineral density by depositing nutrients, mostly minerals in this case, into the bone structure of your skeletal system.
Obviously, if you do not have excess nutrients available in your body at the time your body is attempting to make this adaptation, then you are not going to build strong bones. In other words, if you exercise and do not supplement with good nutrition, you are wasting most of your exercise effort. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Another safe way to increase bone mineral density is exercise. Research, published in 1996 in the Lancet, shows that weight-bearing (as opposed to aerobic) exercise can substantially increase bone mineral density by between 14 and 37 percent.
Calcium absorption is directly linked with the hormonal form of vitamin D, which is synthesized through sunlight. Lack of exposure to sunlight alone can lead to bone density loss. Also, excessive exercise and activity (anything that causes exhaustion) deplete the body's calcium stores. |
Bill Sardi
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 Another study showed that bone mineral density was positively associated with uterine but not colorectal cancer. [BMC Cancer 2: 22, 2002] Yet in another study of 6,854 women over age 65 years, the risk of breast cancer was found to be about 30 to 50% higher for every measured increase in bone mineral density. [J Am Med Assoc 276: 1404-08, 1996]
Q While Brewer and others cite experiments which appear to show the remission of tumors in animals and humans with high pH therapy, a more recent study casts doubt on these early reports. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 It determines the amount of mineral in your bones—your bone mineral density, also called BMD or bone mass. Your test result is called a T-score—a measure of how far above or below you are compared to your peak bone mass.
What's interesting about this test is that the relationship between a bone mineral density test result and the risk of fracture is very close—closer, in fact, than the relationship between cholesterol and the risk of heart attack or between high blood pressure and the risk of stroke.
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| THE STUDY
This study looked at 412 postmenopausal women who had low bone mineral density. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups—one group received denosumab every three months; the second group got denosumab every six months; another group took open-label oral alendronate (Fosamax) once a week; and the final group received a placebo.
At the end of 12 months, the women who were taking denosumab had an increase in bone mineral density at the lumbar spine (lower back) of 3% to 6.7%, compared with a 4. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 A 1996 study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that women using bio-identical progesterone cream experienced an average of 7 to 8 percent bone mineral density increase in the first year, 4 to 5 percent in the second year, and 3 to 4 percent in the third year. Untreated women in this category typically lose 1.5 percent bone mineral density per year. For the treatment and prevention of bone density loss, no other form of hormone replacement or dietary supplementation has had as high a level of positive response as bio-identical progesterone. |
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| Arecent study has found that a new, injectable drug to treat osteoporosis—denosu-mab—boosts bone mineral density and decreases the rate of bone loss in postmenopausal women.
THE STUDY
This study looked at 412 postmenopausal women who had low bone mineral density. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups—one group received denosumab every three months; the second group got denosumab every six months; another group took open-label oral alendronate (Fosamax) once a week; and the final group received a placebo. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 John Lee, that topically applied natural progesterone cream will not only prevent osteoporosis but will actually increase bone mineral density and prevent fractures. In his publications, Dr. Lee had become the strongest advocate of the role of progesterone in preventing and reversing osteoporosis. He asserts that almost all women can successfully prevent and reverse osteoporosis and improve their bone density by as much as 15 percent with this cream and that estrogen replacement therapy is very seldom a necessary component.
Although I respect much of the groundbreaking work done by Dr. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Soda
Aside from directly promoting diabetes and obesity, sodas also contain high amounts of phosphoric acid, a substance that dissolves bones and causes a loss of bone mineral density. This causes massive tooth decay as well as a shrinking jaw bone and overall skeletal fragility. Diet sodas are even worse, since they contain chemical sweeteners linked to neurological disorders and learning disabilities.
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Air fresheners contain cancer-causing chemicals. Unleashing them in the house exposes children to these chemicals, promoting asthma and other respiratory problems. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Effects of estrogen plus progestin on risk of fracture and bone mineral density: The Women's Health Initiative randomized trial. JAMA 2003 Oct 1; 290(13):1729-38.
Colhoun HM et al. On behalf of the CARDS investigators. Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with atorvastatin in type 2 diabetes in the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS): Multicentre randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2004; 364:685-96.
Corbett J et al. Aminoguanidine, a novel inhibitor of nitric oxide formation, prevents diabetic vascular dysfunction. Diabetes 1992; 41:552-56.
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Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| Experts have typically thought that the moderate protective effect of vitamin D on fracture risk is due primarily to bone mineral density changes. However, there is a good body of evidence that vitamin D may also directly improve muscle strength and, as a result, reduce fracture risk by preventing falls. While randomized controlled trials have found that vitamin D reduced fractures within two to three months84 and has benefits in improving muscle strength,85-87 the effect of vitamin D on falls has not been well established and results of randomized trials have been mixed. |
| Women with abnormal results would be referred for DXA testing to more precisely assess bone mineral density.
In women who are receiving treatment for osteoporosis, DXA scans are usually done after two years of treatment. It is important to realize that even if there is no increase in BMD on the DXA scan in the first two years, there may be significant increases in the third year, even on the same therapy. In addition, if proven fracture-reducing drugs are being used (bisphosphonates
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| During this adaptation period, your body is rebuilding bone mineral density by depositing nutrients, mostly minerals in this case, into the bone structure of your skeletal system.
Obviously, if you do not have excess nutrients available in your body at the time your body is attempting to make this adaptation, then you are not going to build strong bones. In other words, if you exercise and do not supplement with good nutrition, you are wasting most of your exercise effort. You could multiple your results if you were willing to add some good supplementation on top of your physical exercise. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| For Chinese women, no association between genistein and bone mineral density was found. Premenopausal, but not perimenopausal, Japanese women whose intakes were greater had a higher bone density of the spine and femoral neck. Mean spinal bone density of those women in the highest genistein intake group was 7.7 percent greater than that of women in the lowest group. Bone density of the femoral neck was 12 percent greater in the highest intake group versus the lowest.
Other positive studies on soy and bone density also give some credence to the role of soy for bone health. |
| This may in part explain why some women who have reduced bone mineral density do not have an increase in fracture rates. These women may have a lowered bone mass, but they have excellent structural calcification, due in part to adequate levels of magnesium.
In order to assess the effects of magnesium on bone density, a group of osteoporotic postmenopausal women were given magnesium over a period of two years. At the end of the study, magnesium therapy appeared to have prevented fractures and resulted in a significant increase in bone mass density after the first year of treatment. |
Michael Friedman, ND
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 Devogelaer JP, et al. bone mineral density in Addison's disease: evidence for an effect of adrenal androgens on bone mass. Br MedJ 1987;294:798-800.
39. Szathmari M, et al. Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate and bone mineral density. Osteoporosis Int 1994;4:84-88.
40. Brody S, et al. Adrenal steroids in post-menopausal women: Relation to obesity and to bone mineral content. Maturitas 1987;9:25-32.
41. Taelman P, et al. Persistence of increased bone resorption and possible role of dehydroepiandrosterone as a bone metabolism determinant in osteoporotic women in late post-menopause. |
Andreas Moritz
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| The indicator for breast cancer risk is therefore not, as previously assumed, bone mineral density but hormone supplementation.
Since most women begin menopause in their fifties, and the greatest risk of fractures is when they are in their eighties, HRT offers no benefits, unless they take it for 30 years or longer. In such a case, the risk of developing cancer and other health problems is so high that the use of these drugs is rarely warranted.
In 1992, the New England Journal of Medicine provided clear evidence that lack of estrogen does not cause osteoporosis. |
| Research, published in 1996 in the Lancet, shows that weight-bearing (as opposed to aerobic) exercise can substantially increase bone mineral density by between 14 and 37 percent.
Calcium absorption is directly linked with the hormonal form of vitamin D, which is synthesized through sunlight. Lack of exposure to sunlight alone can lead to bone density loss. Also, excessive exercise and activity (anything that causes exhaustion) deplete the body's calcium stores. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| A study of amenorrheic ballet dancers treated with estrogen plus progesterone replacement demonstrated that there was no significant improvement in bone mineral density even in those that resumed menses.53
The hypoestrogenic state that predisposes postmenopausal women to cardiovascular disease is similar to that of the amenorrheic athlete and, therefore, so is the cardiovascular risk. Specifically, amenorrheic athletes have been shown to have elevated LDL and total cholesterol, impaired endothelial function, and increased lipid peroxidation. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Four large studies have reported significant positive associations between dietary potassium intake and bone mineral density. This isn't really surprising if you think about it. When we eat a highly acid diet, the body has to buffer that acid, and it does this by mobilizing alkaline calcium salts from the bones in order to neutralize the acids consumed in the diet. Increased consumption of high-potassium fruits and vegetables like pumpkin reduces the net acid content of the diet and may help preserve calcium in the bones, where it belongs. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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 Most shocking was that even the young women in fluoridated communities had significantly reduced bone mineral density than did women in the control community or in communities with high calcium levels in the drinking water. bone mineral density measures the strength of the bone and estimates the likelihood of fracture.
The young women, as well as postmenopausal older women, had a significantly higher risk of having fractures of the wrist, hip, and spine than did those living in the control community or the community containing high calcium levels in the drinking water. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Of the 19 studies identified involving 2,859 children, no effect of calcium supplementation on bone mineral density (BMD) was found at the hip or lumbar spine—common sites of fractures. A slight effect was observed on total bone mineral content and upper limb BMD. Although the effect to the upper limb persisted after supplementation ceased, it is of little clinical importance, since it is unlikely to result in an overall decrease in fracture risk among children (Wizenberg et al 2007). |
| No statistically significant difference in bone mineral density (BMD) was noted. Positive changes to bone mineral content (BMC) were noted at the trochanter in subjects in the high-dose group compared to placebo and mid-dose groups (p<0.05) (Chen et al, 2003).
Soy protein exerted a beneficial effect on serum and urinary biomarkers of bone metabolism in women in a double-blind, parallel design study. Forty-two postmenopausal women (mean age 62.4 years) were randomly assigned to receive either 40 g Soy protein (n=20) or 40 g milk-based protein (n = 22) daily for 3 months. |
| Dietary supplementation with flaxseed over one year showed favorable, but not clinically significant, effects on blood cholesterol and caused no significant change in bone mineral density or symptoms in healthy menopausal women (Dodin et al, 2005).
Platelet Aggregation
Ingestion of ALA produces changes in the composition of platelet lipids with increases in ALA, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), but not in docosa-hexaenoic acid (DHA). |
| A small human clinical trial of the effect of Tahitian Noni Juice on auditory function and quality of life in the patients with decreased bone mineral density and auditory function has been conducted This study showed that Tahitian Noni Juice provided a positive benefit on mental health and improved high frequency hearing. Increased amounts or extended duration of Tahitian Noni Juice intake may be required to affect this disorder (Langford, 2004). |
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