Gotta lift weights. Increasing muscle strengthens bone. Ok, so I'm a personal trainer and I'm trying to drum up business....but it's true! ;o)
Years ago, we were told that load-bearing exercises—such as weight training, walking, and jogging—would build bones and prevent osteoporosis. Is that still the conventional wisdom?
I once read a study that suggested that calcium supplements cause your blood calcium to rise, and so your body says "uh-oh too much calcium!", and then proceeds to remove it... mainly by removing it from your bones, thus having the exact opposite effect that you wanted.
I think I've got too much calcium.
My mother never had a cavity until she was pregnant with me; her first trimester, she got four.
I got my first calcium kidney stone at 12 and have suffered through four since that one. YOW.
A prior doctor told me not to take multivitamins, unless I could find one without calcium in it, which is almost impossible.
Drink milk and consider taking Fosamax once a week if your doctor recommends it.
I'm not giving up my calcium. I went on a high-protein/no dairy diet. As soon as I put dairy back in my lower back pain went away and I started losing weight. Yeah, I've got the stuffy nose in the morning, but I was in agony without the calcium intake.
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First the study that reducing fatty foods not lower a woman's cancer risk and now this:
I didn't know this was Truth In Health Sciences Month.
The problem I have with an announcement like this is that it is generally recognized that most folks are actually deficient in calcium.
We used to drimk well water and water flowing in streams, in most places in the country, positively loaded with calcium.
Now, in a lot of areas, we are drinking water that has far less than it used to.
Remember, if you fractionalize the body into elements, besides for carbon and water, calcium is by far the most prevalent element.
I wonder who funded the study and what form of vitamin D they were using.
The lack of calcium and minerals in our diet is to blame, due to petroleum based fertilizers. You cannot escape this conclusion, if you know anything about soil. Even if you make meals from scratch, you still are working with mineral depleted vegetables and meats.
Ubiquitous corn syrup is also a health danger, and subsidies of US cane sugar growers must stop, so we can once again have affordable cane sugar in food and drinks and stop the obesity epidemic.
I know, I'm probably going to be labeled as a crazy. I scoff at Global Warming, but think the soil issue is serious, and so is the fructose issue.
I have a nextdoor neighbor, who has osteo arthritis. She has lost 3 vertebraes in her back. She will be in a wheelchair shortly, and has Macular Degeneration. The Back problem has caused her to shrink more than 3".
It is sad to see her wither away to nothing.
Getting old is never pretty. she is 78 years old this year, and cared for her husband when he came down sick and died, mourned for years, now she has lost her sight and her bones are giving out on her.
I want to be like a dear friend of mine who passed away last october.
She was 93. Drove until Friday, died Saturday, and buried the following Wednesday. Had pain, from arthritis, but she was capable of getting around til she just was not there any more
I'm taking My Calcium, Magnesium, and D. FOREVER.
Why calcium and vitamin D? Everything I've read says that one must take half the amount of magnesium with calcium, or the calcium won't get absorbed, and that calcium must be in liquid or liquid-gel form, or it just passes through the intestines unabsorbed.
Osteoporosis runs in my husbands family. My husband has overindulged in calcium all his life and is strong as an ox is large boned and very active and he has it. I, on the other hand have weighed 100 lbs most of my life, don't drink milk or take calcium and am small boned and I don't have any problem. Its in the genes.
My favorite anecdotes are the women who take calcium supplements only to watch their fingers get calcium deposits in those joints coupled with serious pain. Going off the calcium = no pain.
Impact sports, such as tennis, are the best for building bone density. But if you can't participate in those for whatever reason, then make a habit of stomping around the house once a day, beat the rugs, etc.