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i think there’s so many people that know

for a fact that

osteoporosis is merely lacking calcium

in your bone but the problem with that

viewpoint is when you start taking

calcium

you will make your bones slightly more

dense

but you do not decrease your risk of

getting fractures

so taking calcium is not only not the

answer but it can make things worse

one of the challenges with osteoporosis

is there’s really no symptoms but you do

have an increased risk of getting a

fracture and the problem is if you’re

older and you fracture your hip

boy the recovery from that is just

devastating most people that fracture

their hip do not live past

a year after the fracture so it’s not a

good prognosis

the problem with taking calcium is it

actually increases your risk of getting

a fracture interesting i mean if you

think about it one of the biggest best

predictors

of a myocardial infarction heart attack

is

having a high cac score which stands for

coronary artery calcification score it’s

the calcium in your coronary artery that

predicts heart attacks

and so by dumping more calcium into your

body

you’re just going to worsen the

situation

calcium is very unique in that we

definitely need it but we really need to

get it from our diet primarily we

shouldn’t be getting it from a

supplement at least a lot of it

especially what’s recommended i think

it’s like a thousand milligrams per day

that’s like way way too much because our

body does not get rid of calcium very

easily and that also goes with other

minerals like iron for example whereas

potassium is easily excreted if we have

too much but certain minerals do not

exit the body very easily so if you’re

dumping all this calcium in the tissues

you can end up with excess calcium and

if you think about it as people age they

tend to calcify don’t they their joints

start filling up with calcium their

arteries fill up with calcium uh they

have all sorts of spurring and they’re

in their back but here’s some problems

with too much calcium arrhythmias

increase your risk for getting a stroke

heart attack high blood pressure because

the arteries become calcified there’s no

elasticity you get soft tissue calcium

not just calcium in the arteries but

calcium in the joints

and the other tissues of the body not to

mention excessive amount of calcium in

your kidneys as a kidney stone

other symptoms would be

constipation depression

psychosis

arthritis tendonitis bursitis

and even abdominal pain so too much

calcium is not good we need sufficient

calcium but we don’t need too much some

of the real causes of osteoporosis

include

being on steroids right corticosteroid

hormones or having too much cortisol in

your body for some reason let’s say for

example you have a tumor in your adrenal

gland that’s pumping out too much

cortisol then you develop a condition

called cushing syndrome where

osteoporosis is one

symptom of that also lower amount of

estrogen so let’s say you’re going

through menopause or you had your

ovaries removed that can lead to

osteoporosis you need a good amount of

estrogen to prevent osteoporosis and

this is why women tend to get more

osteoporosis than men

taking too much phosphoric acid from

soft drinks right sodas that will do it

not having enough vitamin d this is

really really really a big one right

here so by not only taking vitamin d you

can absorb more calcium from food but

vitamin d also works with vitamin k2

another key vitamin to help calcium go

in the right place if you don’t have

sufficient vitamin d

then you really only absorb about 10 of

the calcium from your food so vitamin d

doesn’t have all these other side

effects like calcium does

malnutrition can also cause osteoporosis

let’s say you’re deficient in the trace

minerals or amino acids things like that

that could be a problem if you’re on

ppis because you have heartburn or gerd

you’re removing the stomach acid which

then

really blocks your ability to absorb

all minerals and so since bone is

composed not just of calcium but

minerals and also phosphorus and a lot

of other things including protein ppis

can really create a problem gastric

bypass can be a risk factor as well as

malabsorption where you don’t have a

healthy lining of the colon to be able

to absorb certain nutrients then you

could be at risk of osteoporosis

here’s the solution okay number one get

your calcium from food i would say the

best source getting bioavailable calcium

would be

raw milk cheese okay if you can get some

of that that would be the ideal

situation

also leafy greens would do it sardines

fish

nuts all have calcium

increase your vitamin d to at least 20

000 iu’s per day and don’t forget about

k2 because you always need these

together very very important i would

recommend if you’re going to take 20 000

international units of vitamin d then

you need 200 micrograms of this k2

together all right vitamin c very very

important in bone health okay you need

vitamin c for collagen which is a type

of protein in bone bone is not just

minerals it’s part protein and vitamin c

is a key factor if you don’t have enough

vitamin c you’re not going to be able to

build bone in fact people that have a

sub clinical vitamin c deficiency

like a borderline scurvy situation their

bones are always osteoporotic

trace minerals very very important in

activating the protein in your bone as

well as being a part of the bone

and so a good trace metal product will

be essential for bone and i want to back

up to vitamin c make sure you take a

food based vitamin c not a synthetic

version of vitamin c

adequate quality protein is also

important so

if you’re getting your protein from just

like peanut butter or for example some

soy protein

powder or something like that that would

not be a good source of protein eggs are

the best source seafood shellfish

fish

meat

all

high quality protein

betaine hydrochloride is another thing i

would recommend if you have osteopenia

or osteoporosis because

that fixes

the lack of stomach acid that’s probably

creating all the symptoms for acid

reflux so obtain hydrochloride

especially as you’re getting older it’s

important to start absorbing these

minerals as well as breaking down the

protein that’s needed to form bone on

that note i think the next most

important video to watch would be the

one on vitamin k2 check it out i put it

right here

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