Osteoporosis the "Silent Disease" Tearing You Down From Inside Out, protect your mobility by ensuring the integrity of your bones
 Bones, the Foundation of the Body |
Bones are the only part of your body that will virtually outlast every aspect of your life. In a hundred, thousand, even millions of years, there is a good chance that your bones will still be here. If only the rest of your body could last that long...
Nutrients, hormones and physical movement maintain our bones in good health and are the essential factors that influence proper bone development. After all, bones are the support of the human body and the infrastructure of the musculoskeletal system. Even after they stop growing in size, our bones are being continuously changed and rebuilt.
The process in which old and worn bone tissue is replaced by new healthy bone cells in known as bone remodeling. Minerals that are the building blocks of bones, vitamins that assist bone metabolism (including vitamin D and vitamin K) and hormones such as testosterone, estrogens and progesterone that support correct bone formation must remain in balance to assure healthy bone remodeling.
Different forms of weight bearing exercises (such as push-ups and squats with added weights) that place resistance and involve muscles pulling and pushing against the bones enhance the bone remodeling process. Studies suggest that these types of weight bearing exercises do more then simply prevent bone diseases including osteoporosis; these exercises may actually help replace current bone loss.
Diseases and age can slow down bone tissue replacement, especially when it comes to new bone development. This can lead to weak, less dense bone formation and conditions such as osteopenia and osteoporosis. People with low bone density are predisposed to fractures.
The importance of nutrition for the growth of strong bones is not a new concept. Significance of calcium in a diet is well-known to everybody. An average American diet usually provides adequate amounts of calcium. However, if there is a low level of vitamin D in the body, calcium cannot be properly incorporated into the bone.
Nutritional factors and hormonal imbalances that affect bone loss:
Women after menopause are at an increased risk for bone density loss due to a decline in hormones such as estrogens and progesterone. Postmenopausal women therefore are advised by their doctors to increase their calcium intake, either through diet or nutritional supplements. This scenario may actually be dangerous. If an adequate amount of vitamin D is not present, then calcium cannot be integrated into the bone. This unabsorbed calcium is referred to as "circulating calcium". An excess of circulating calcium levels can be deposited in the arterial walls causing stiffening of the arteries. In addition, a surplus of circulating calcium can create kidney stones and breasts calcifications.
Studies show that an overload of calcium and a lack of vitamin D can increase the risk for cardiovascular disease and hypertension in postmenopausal women. Young women who drink excessive amounts of carbonated soda beverages are also at risk for decreased bone density due to an imbalance of the calcium to phosphorus ratio.
Many believe that osteoporosis is a disease of women after menopause; however men over the age of 50 are also at risk for osteoporosis due to a decline in androgenic hormones such as testosterone and DHEA.
Allopathic medicine addresses osteoporosis with prescription drugs such as Fossamax® and Actonel® (known as bisphosphonates). These drugs increase binding of calcium into the bone. This makes the bone harder, denser, but less flexible and easier to break. Unfortunately, bisphoshonates have very serious side-effects, the most infamous being "jaw death" (a condition in which bone tissue in the jaw cannot heal after minor injury like a dental procedure). Bisphoshonates have also been known to increase one's risk for esophageal cancer and cardiac arrhythmia.
So why would anybody risk such devastating negative outcomes with prescription drugs when more effective natural treatments for preventing and reversing osteoporosis are readily available?
These natural alternatives and therapies for ensuring bone health include:
1. Natural bioidentical hormone replacement therapy - BHRT through the use of
bioidentical hormones strengthens bone structure by preventing bone loss and restoring bone
tissue that already has been lost. Bioidentical hormones have been effectively used in the
treatment of osteoporosis for both men during andropause and postmenopausal women.2. Mineral supplements - consisting of calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, strontium, boron,
silicon, zinc, manganese and copper, facilitate proper levels of bone specific nutrients needed
for the development of healthy bones.3. Vitamins that support bone health - vitamin D, vitamin K, vitamin C, vitamin B6 and
vitamin A. These specific vitamins are required for bone remodeling as they allow for the
satisfactory incorporation of minerals into the bones.4. Adequate protein - protein will sustain collagen support in the bones. Collagen acts as a
connective tissue for bone cells. However, an excess of protein can cause the body's acidity
level to increase that results in accelerate calcium loss from the bone.
Hormones play a very important role in correct bone formation and metabolism. Hormones that have a profound influence on the health of bones are steroid hormones such as DHEA, testosterone, estrogens, progesterone. Other hormones include thyroid hormones, cortisol, human growth hormone HGH, calcitonin and parathyroid hormone.
Women at menopause and men during andropause (male menopause) who take nutritional supplements for bone health, exercise regularly and are on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can enjoy strong and healthy bones for years to come.
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I wanted to share my success story with bioidentical progesterone on the health of my bones.
I was diagnosed with osteoporosis but opted to treat it in a natural way.
Decided to start on bioidentical hormones, initially just progesterone alone and then I continued on full BHRT therapy: estrogen, progesterone and DHEA. After 2 years my bone density had returned back to normal. I still continue my bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and have no intention of stopping any time soon. I'd probably be like that image without my bioidenticals.
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It would be real nice if the rest of the body could last as long as our bones. Imagine living to be 1000s of years, talk about history, you'd literally be it. Alas, if everyone would live that long then there would be some serious overpopulation issues, everything is programed this way so that there is balance in the world. Enjoy your bones while they're still inside of U.
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My mother suffered with osteoporosis and she eventually died from broken hip complications. She had very light menopausal symptoms so she never took hormone replacement therapy. I am 45 years old and I believe I am at perimenopause now. I do not want to have osteoporosis like my mother. I am starting on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. I heard that bioidentical estrogen and bioidentical progesterone can really help my bones and this article confirms what I had been feeling.
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It has been proven that hormone replacement therapy using bioidentical hormones can affect the bone structure of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. I would recommend to stay away from Premarin and synthetic hormones as they can negatively effect your health and can even cause cancer. Wyeth - the pharmaceutical maker of synthetic hormones - had a court verdict of $134 million to pay women who claimed they developed breast cancer from using Wyeth's synthetic hormones.
Hormones aren't the only factor that your bones need to maintain integrity as they state:
"Bone specific nutrients are needed"
But taking to bioidentical hormones is surely a wise decision that you definitely will not regret. I've been using for three years and have seen drastic improvements in the way I feel and my overall health.
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Really Cool pic and awesome post!! Indeed bones are the infrastructure of the body without them we would simply be immobilized. More people should be aware that natural alternatives are extremely effective in treating conditions such as osteoporosis, osteopenia and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Natural mineral supplements supply the needed nutrients the bone needs to maintain its shape and density and hormones have been known to play a key role in bone health and influence bone remodeling. There is no reason to turn to prescription drugs. Seriously, would you really want to risk getting "jaw death" or other dangerous side effects from the use of these drugs?
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I like my bones taste good, yes?
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A common misconception is to believe that drinking plenty of milk is all you need to do to keep your bones strong and healthy.
There are many other factors involved that influence the health of your bones, hormones being one of them, genetics another, minerals and bone specific nutrients a third. All these factors have to support one another, be in balance and together they can prevent osteoporosis and make your bones dense enough, strong enough to withstand all that life throws at them.
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Exercise is what the skeletal system needs. With weight training and heavy lifts and strong resistance your bones will grown denser and way stronger. Bones are fully remodeled every 20 years, so its fair to say the bones you have now are not the same bones u had when u were a kid. Even if your bones are in poor shape now, the sooner you start training, the stronger they'll become each passin day.
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To avoid osteoporosis people must realize that calcium and vitamin D are not enough and there are many different other aspects involved that can decide the fate of our bones. Yes, I agree that pharmaceutical bisphosphonates drugs are NOT the solution seeing as they do not provide the benefits they claim and are accompanied by nasty side effects. Vitamins B C K as well as hormonal balancing adequate movement and exercise along with a healthy nutritious diet full of fruits, vegetables and quality proteins, has always kept the human body in healthy working order. Those people who are unfortunate enough to get osteoporosis are ones who for the majority of their lives neglected their bodies and failed to maintain their "INFRASTRUCTURE". Just as a building requires constant maintenance to be able to function, so does the human body. Buildings that were not conditioned in a correct manner fell into ruins and people who do not maintain their health end up... well just like in the photo above. Get the -?!PICTURE!? :o
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i never knew that this was the situation of our health and the human bodies,its so strange but true....
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I agree With you......
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