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Some supplements not really needed?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 4 8:58am | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
I just had a discussion with my husband’s cardiologist this week, asking what supplements would be helpful to take after getting his stent 2 years ago.
I was confused about so many recommendations, vitamin B complex, Magnesium, vitamin D….
She said, if you eat healthy food, cook from scratch, have fish, fruits and greens on a regularly basis, you should be totally fine.
Still get your bloodwork done on regularly basis, to check if you are missing something, and if you live in Alaska like we do, take vitamin D3 over winter, if you have leg cramps try magnesium.
This said, there are always exceptions, but in general you should be fine without taking a bunch of supplements every day.
Hope this helps ♥️
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Hi,
I currently am taking 600 mg of red algae calcium supplement .
I asked my cardiologist if I can take Algae Cal with Strontium.
He recommended I do NOT as it could cause blood clots. I spoke to Algae Cal reps and they had t had people complain about blood clots but she said to ask my Dr just the same. That said I’ll stick with Naturelo Bone strength calcium (600 mg -4 capsules. I do 2 in the AM, 2 in the PM).
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Well, maybe he was talking about heart health. How many millions of people have osteoporosis? I got it, and I was a middle-aged man with perfect bloodwork, what I thought was a good diet, a runner, and proper weight. Unless you get a bone density test, you could have osteopenia or osteoporosis and never know it - until you break a bone in a suspicious fashion.
For example, try adding up foods in a day to reach 1000mg calcium. It's not easy unless you drink three glasses of milk a day.