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HI again @bevlevvancouverbc. You have a way with words!
I would speculate that the "global osteoporosis problem" is because we are living longer.
I walk every day and do tai chi (but no bending or twisting).
The fact that osteoporosis doesn't cause pain makes it even more dangerous!
Interesting that you have one fracture with no symptoms. And moderate at that. All of mine have been painful and disabling- in the short term and to some extent the long term.
When I chose Tymlos first it was because I was told I could to Tymlos to Evenity but not the other way around. Not sure what the current thinking on that is.
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To Windy:
..".a way with words"...warms the cockles of my heart..
about 'global osteoporosis problem'
Living longer is presented as a reason....
Another reason given is 'genetics'
that's what one of the specialist said to me..
he did not say:
but we know that families...eat the same foods .....
or dislike certain
foods.....our diet is influenced by what we eat when young.
that is cultural, not genetics.
If I don't eat Natto, I might eat saurkraut, and yogurt,
I might not eat rice, but potatoes and bread.
the breast cancer gene(s) Brca has been identified and mapped.
I don't think osteoporosis has been found on human genome,
and I don't know of any research at this time.
So I don't think it was accurate for him to state that it is genetic.
but further about the reason for osteoporosis
I wonder about ....trace nutrients..not in our foods...
because of modern agricultural methods..
do you remember when fields were left 'fallow'
Not anymore..
I don't know enough about modern agricultural practices
to say what is or isn't being done.
it is interesting that countries such as.... India, for example,
have high osteoporosis rates, what are their farming practices,
(people get enough Vit D through sun.)
but other countries (can't recall name.. at this time)
where dairy is not highly consumed, do not have high rates
of osteoporosis.
English sailors were called Limeys...because it was discovered
if they ate lemons or limes on long voyages they would not get scurvy.
Linus Pauling's thinking on Vitamin C (orthomolecular) is controversial,
although there is an RDA, and dietitians think Vitamin C is necessary (as our bodies do not make it)
It is not cost/reward effective for phamaceutical companies to see what nutrients,
trace mineral, and others we are lacking and need. It would not
offer much to them in terms of profit. Drugs is more profitable,
you can patent it.
about having no pain in spine: this is where I am
wondering about bone quality vs bone density.
Not corticol bone, but trabicular which is in the spine.
(thinking of the discussions about different types of strontium in diet)
what will be recommended after Evenity is an unknown
I suspect the specialists are also unsure.
the sequences seem to be changing.
It probably will be another anabolic, because, Windy, as you
astutely said, even after Evenity, my spine T score is still going to be
abysmal.
Question:
why do we call Osteoporosis a disease?
we don't call high blood pressure a disease..
high blood pressure is a symptom, that can be monitored
or altered: sometimes with or without meds.
the history of Osteoporosis is interesting:
and... how Dexa machines were given to medical clinics..
more later?
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Yes I am getting a hip protector! Good practical non-medication protection. My kids joke that I have no bum so maybe the padding will help with that too 🙂