Posted on 12/26/2007 8:55:51 PM PST by neverdem
Maybe 5, 10 years ago, there was a segment on women’s bone density
and fractures on one of the major network news shows.
One of the “example” ladies that got a bone density scan was a
“very fit”, “daily exercising” lady that appeared to live on a diet
of air, a few vegetables, and Diet Coke.
The doctor, in a sad and shocked tone told the young lady (in her
early 30s?) that the bone-density scan showed she “had the bones of
the average 80-year-old female”.
IIRC, the scans were shown and they simply had a bunch of “pinholes”
in them...looked like the osteo-version of Swiss cheese.
When I looked it up on line, it was suggested that 40 million women have that condition. If you do the math, that’s about the same number of women who have grey hair...
Of course the first thing the Dr. wanted to do was to prescribe medication. It seems to me that before you take medicine (which has side effects, the Dr. should make sure the patient is getting the right amount of nutrients (calcium etc.), but of course they don’t make any money that way.
Their all a bunch of crooks in my book.
Get your wife some Lemon Flavored Carlson’s Cod Liver Oil.....she probably needs more Vitamin D.....lots more.
Women with strong bones have fewer fractures. Now, for my next grant proposal, this finding needs to confirmed for men.
“she probably needs more Vitamin D.....lots more”
Thanks. I told her that. She is one of those people that are afraid of the sun. She’s taking calcium now with vitamin D.
Okay...smarty pants....HOW do they GET or keep “strong bones?”
Nothing can be done. It's like the Presbyterian Doctrine of Predestination...you go to heaven or you don't, no matter what you do here on earth.
Nothing? Not exercize, or calcium?
I'd be real careful with that suggestion. VitD doesn't have as strong a role in absorbing calcium as many believe: The major receptor-dependent actions of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D on skeletal development are indirect and are a reflection of the role of this hormone on intestinal calcium absorption.
And large doses of VitD are problematic: Hypercalcemia due to vitamin D intoxication with clinical features mimicking acute myocardial infarction.
and more to the point, the active form of Vitamin D (1,25D) is known to destroy bones: this dysregulated vitamin D conversion can mean that even a moderate intake of vitamin D through ingestion or solar exposure can cause the 1,25D hormone to become high enough to stimulate osteoclastic action
"As people reach old age"
Are you trying to say that I'm OLD? LOL ;o)
Sorry....don’t believe you that “nothing can be done.”
See post 11..
My last dexascan gave -1.6 std dev, which is on the edge of osteoporosis. This is the result of 25 years of sarcoid & 12 years of using prednisone (the doc's took a long time to find the sarcoid).
To cure the sarcoid, I'm doing the Marshall Protocol, and it's working. Bone density seems to be one of the last things to get fixed, but the rate of bone loss has slowed for me. Others have seen their bone density go back to normal.
The MP understanding of the science of Vitamin D and bone loss is explained here: Don't I need vitamin D to prevent bone loss?
I'd bet good money that folks who are 'afraid of the sun' have the experience that they just don't feel good the day or week after going out in the sun. I know that's how it worked for me.
Tongue-in-cheek comments fly right by you, don't they?
Well....tests SHOULD be run on someone’s Vit D (1, 25 Dihydroxy).....BUT, overdosing on Vit D requires the taking of quite a bit more than just a little Vit D in a combo pill with calcium, that’s fer sure!
If “their” all a bunch of crooks, why do you let “you’re” wife be diagnosed by a crook?
I suppose you think each doctor owns his/her own drug company and only prescribes drugs from “their.” It’s all a racket - no one could possibly have “they’re” patients’ interests at heart. Good luck with that attitude.
You always have to pay the Piper...
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