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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." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"In healthy men and in healthy premenopausal women, bone mineral density remains relatively static. Bone cells survive for about six years. Following menopause and hormonal changes, however, a woman's bone mineral density falls. A net demineralization of bone takes place. Bone cell turnover markedly increases, creating a situation where the soft tissues of the body, such as arterial walls and kidneys, can become contaminated with lead stored for decades in bones. No wonder the blood pressure of many women soars during menopause." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"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." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"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. The U.S." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Popular osteoporosis medications get between the bone and the osteoclast to prevent the osteoclast from breaking down bone and thus increase bone mineral density. But what doctors and drug makers often don't tell you is that the medications used to treat osteoporosis (see pages 219-226) increase the laying down of calcium on the outer, cortical bone, which is more densely packed. The inner bone, called the trabecular bone, is less dense but forms a latticelike network that is actually more important for the strength of the bone." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"One study found that bone mineral density was improved in rats who were given a prebiotic supplement. In fact, the researchers reported that the fructooligosaccharides, the prebiotic, reversed the loss of bone thickness and separation. Prebiotics lead to healthy bones. Prebiotics stimulate the absorption of nutrients in the intestinal tract and improve bone mineralization. A lot of the evidence supporting the use of prebiotics to improve bone health comes from animal experiments." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "If you continually use calcium from your bones, you will lose some of your bone mineral density, causing your bones to become weak. Eating healthy foods that help ensure your blood levels of calcium are good is important to bone health. Fruits and vegetables do not pull calcium from your bones. Eat these healthy foods more often and your bones will thank you. Including sources of calcium in your diet throughout the day can help ensure there is available calcium to help balance your blood pH and help your muscles contract; ultimately, this reduces your need to pull calcium from your bones." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"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. Dhindsa S et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"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. The U.S. government gives us averages that doctors can use as standards for calculating T-scores. Here's how the results break down: ?Negative T-score: your bones have less mineral than desirable, and your fracture risk is increased ?0 to -0.9: normal ?-1.0 to -2.4: osteopenia or moderately low ?-2." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Sibling pair linkage and association studies between bone mineral density and the insulin-like growth factor I gene locus. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 84, 4467^471. 332. Berndt, S. I., Dodson, J. L., Huang, W. Y., and Nicodemus, K. K. (2006). A systematic review of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk. /. Urol. 175, 1613-1623. 333. Ntais, C, Polycarpou, A., and Ioannidis, J. P. (2003). Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and risk of prostate cancer: A meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 12, 1395-1402. 334. Zeegers, M. P., Kiemeney, L. A., Nieder, A." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Skeletal fragility in childhood occurs when bone mineral density (BMD) as assessed by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) expressed as a Z-score is less than -2.0 [4]. Skeletal fragility can arise from a lag between peak height velocity and bone mineralization during the pubertal growth spurt or as a consequence of eating disorders or disease. Less is known about the role of diet in the context of pediatric disorders, and research is needed to address these gaps. This chapter focuses on the development of peak bone mass and the role of nutrition in bone acquisition." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Effects of resistance training on regional and total bone mineral density in premenopausal women: A randomized prospective study. J. Bone Miner. Res. 10, 1015-1024. 19. Heinonen, A., Sievanen, H., Kannus, P., Oja, P., and Vuori, I. (1996). Effects of unilateral strength training and detraining on bone mineral mass and estimated mechanical characteristics of the upper limb bones in young women. J. Bone Miner. Res. 11, 490-501. 20. Bachrach, L. K., Guido, D., Katzman, D., Litt, I. F., and Marcus, R. (1990). Decreased bone density in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"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. A low-fat diet plus plenty of fruits and vegetables equals synergy that potentially slows breast cancer!" - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Following menopause and hormonal changes, however, a woman's bone mineral density falls. A net demineralization of bone takes place. Bone cell turnover markedly increases, creating a situation where the soft tissues of the body, such as arterial walls and kidneys, can become contaminated with lead stored for decades in bones. No wonder the blood pressure of many women soars during menopause." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Although raloxifene decreased vertebral fractures and increased bone mineral density, it did not decrease nonvertebral fractures. Also, only twenty-two women out of 7,705 were saved from a hip fracture, which translates into one out of a thousand each year, a difference that isn't statistically significant. And raloxifene has other side effects, like hot flashes, that result in a significant number of women stopping its use." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"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." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"The Hip Intervention Program Study6 assessed the effects of three years of risedronate or placebo in 9,331 women over age seventy with dramatic losses of bone mineral density (t score < -4, with -2.5 indicating regular osteoporosis) or t score less than -3, with a risk factor for hip fracture, like the propensity to fall. Overall, 2.8% of women on risedronate suffered hip fracture vs. 3.9% on placebo, a difference of 1.1% that was statistically significant." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Moreover, the changes in bone mineral density in areas like the femoral neck were present only for men and not women. This is important since osteoporotic fractures primarily affect women. The only studies that showed that calcium and vitamin D prevented hip fractures involved French women who had osteoporosis and were living in nursing homes.17 However, these women may have had a calcium and/or vitamin D deficiency due to diet or lack of sunlight as a result of their environment." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"On the other hand, low levels of vitamin A can adversely affect bone mineral density. In older people, an intake of preformed vitamin A close to the RDA is safest. The best way to assure safe levels of vitamin A is to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and, if supplements are needed, to use the beta-carotene form. Quiz Refer to the text in this chapter if necessary. A good score is at least 8 correct answers out of these 10 questions. The answers are listed in the back of this book. 1. Provitamin A is known as: (a) Retinyl palmitate. (b) Retinal. (c) Beta-carotene. (d) Retinol. 2." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "Osteoporosis and Vitamin A In older men and women, long-term intakes of preformed vitamin A can be associated with increased risk of osteoporotic fracture and decreased bone mineral density. Levels of only 5000 IU (1,500 meg) are enough to increase risk. This is well below the upper limit set at 10,000 IU (3000 meg) per day. Only high intakes of preformed vitamin A, not beta-carotene, are associated with any increased adverse effects on bone health. Older men and women may want to limit their supplemental vitamin A intake or take only the beta-carotene form of vitamin A." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"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." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Whether it is compounded estrone/estradiol or the commercial pharmaceutical company form, these forms of estrogen have bone mineral density effects similar to those of conventional conjugated equine estrogens (CEE). A study of 32 postmenopausal women compared 0.625 mg CEE and 5.0 mg MPA with micronized 1.0 mg estradiol (considered to be an equivalent dose to 0.625 CEE) and 200 mg OMP, administered daily and continuously for 13 cycles.138 Lumbar bone density improved by 5 percent in the CEE/MPA group and 3.8 percent in the micronized estradiol/OMP group. Hipbone density improved by 2." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"And many, many women who feel well and are well are consuming these expensive bisphosphonates because their bone mineral density (bmd) is said to offer them no better choice. Alendronate (marketed by Merck as Fosamax) barely preceded risedronate (marketed by Procter & Gamble as Actonel) in passing muster at the fda. The randomized placebo-controlled trials that convinced the fda to license these two agents were similar in design: multicenter, inception cohorts of thousands of postmenopausal women and follow-up for several years while monitoring bmd and the incidence of fractures." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"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." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Tea drinking and bone mineral density in older women. Am } Clin Nutr 2000;71:1003-1007. Isemura M, Saeki K, Kimura T, et al. Tea catechins and related polyphenols as anticancer agents. Biofactors. 2000;13(l-4):81-85. Kim W et al. Effect of green tea consumption on endothelial function and circulating endothelial progenitor cells in chronic smokers. Circ J. 2006 Aug;70(8):1052-1057. Kobayashi M, Unno T, Suzuki Y, et al. Heat-epimerized tea catechins have the same cholesterol-lowering activity as green tea catechins in cholesterol-fed rats. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2005;69(12):2455-2458." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Children with untreated celiac disease were found to have abnormally low bone mineral density. However, after approximately 1 year on a gluten-free diet, bone mineral density increased rapidly and approximated the level seen in healthy children.8 Adults with celiac disease also had significantly lower bone mineral density than did healthy individuals. After consumption of a gluten-free diet for 1 year, bone mineral density of the hip and lumbar spine increased by an average of more than 15%." - Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC, The Natural Pharmacy: Complete Home Reference to Natural Medicine (Get the book.)

"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." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"In lab studies, calcium in combination with soy isoflavones was found to preserve bone mineral density to a greater extent than either did alone. So it seems that in this case, two nutrients were actually better than one. However, if you want to reap similar rewards, note that not all soy products are calcium fortified. The only way to know for sure is to check the nutrition information label. Look toward the bottom of the label, where it lists the percentage Daily Value of various vitamins and minerals." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Data from the National Osteoporosis Foundation show that 24 percent of people who suffer a fractured hip die within one year; a quarter of those who had been living independently require long-term care; and only 15 percent are able to walk across a room unaided six months later. A bone mineral density (BMD) test can quickly determine the degree of bone loss in a woman's skeleton and whether or not she has osteoporosis or osteopenia." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "It turns out that bone mineral density tests identify only a small part of the risk of hip fracture. The study found that for women between the ages of 60 and 80, only one-sixth of their risk of fracturing a hip is identified by BMD testing. Other factors were just as important as T score: increased frailty, muscle weakness, the side effects of other drugs, declining vision, and cigarette smoking." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

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