More on bone mass, loss and redensification

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Hi gang! Geoff here.

IMPORTANT NOTICE #1: If you have EVER taken Prednisone or any of its relatives,

this article applies to you! Corticosteroids reduce bone density... not " may "

reduce bone density, do reduce bone density. The only questions are: how much,

how fast, and is it tolerable in exchange for the issue being addressed?

IMPORTANT NOTICE #2: Contrary to the allopathic party line, bone CAN be

redensified. You do not have to settle for preserving what is left, you can

repair, redensify and strengthen your bones. Hooray! (Sometimes doctors can be

like reporters, you never hear anything but bad news.)

The following is an excerpt from a very technical article explaining a bit more

about bone loss, calcium, etc. I'm posting this excerpt because it is easy to

read and understand, a hyperlink to the paper follows. Osteopenia is the

forbearer of Osteoporosis and the same data applies to both...

" Osteoporosis, a loss of bone mass and bone

strength, is a complex problem in which calcium

intake plays only one part. Although calcium is the

most prevalent mineral within bone, osteoporosis is

much more than a lack of dietary calcium. Emphasis

on dietary magnesium may be more important than

previously suspected for the prevention and reversal

of osteoporosis. Magnesium helps the body to absorb

and utilize calcium, while too much calcium prevents

the absorption of magnesium. (snip techno stuff)

Several other nutrients and trace minerals may

prevent osteoporosis, including vitamin K, manganese,

boron, vitamin D, zinc, copper, folate and silicon. A

new flavonoid derivative, ipriflavone, has also

demonstrated important benefits. "

These " other " constituents are what I refer to when I write bone is more than

just Ca. We, not just our group but health-minded people in general, are buying

a bit of a pig-in-a-poke when we go out and get Calcium. We feed the pig when

we start trying to figure out, gee, maybe I should get Magnesium too, but how

much. We can set the pig free and get right to the crux when we get away from

this mix-and-match of raw goods, like calcium, and instead bring in actual bone,

pre-assembled in the form of MCH (microcrystalline hydroxyappetite).

That said, Mg (magnesium) by itself is a valuable aid to sleep, nerve function

and feeding, myelinization, etc. If I needed more bone density, I'd use MCH.

If I didn't I'd just take a balanced multivitamin and add Mg to need, which will

change as your body becomes balanced and needs less. (Excess results in brief

laxative action, if you get that far cut back. This is how your body flushes

excess Mg, it is not stored.) Not all MCH is equal, as with all things quality

control is important.

You can find the full text of the article at HealingYou:

www.healingyou.org > Articles > Osteopenia & Osteoporosis.

You can also go directly there via this hyperlink:

www.healingyou.org/osteo.pdf

Geoff

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