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Confused by doctor options to choose, including Keith McCormick
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 21 9:52am | Replies (143)Comment receiving replies
I used to take them. The Sustain is basically a calcium/D/K vitamin. The Stim is that, plus some other supplements that he says have been shown to promote bone health. He describes them in his book.
There is nothing dangerous, and he doesn't use megadoses of anything. I just decided I'd rather do calcium/K/D on my own, especially getting calcium from food as much as possible. Also, it's cheaper!
Another reason is that a pill may contain something that you're already getting from food. It's good to remember that the pill is not the only source.
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Your response is very logical and makes good points. I agree with you.
In addition may "doctors" - and K. McCormick is a chiropractic "doctor": who has financial gain by selling his own "special" recommended vitamins.
He is not an endocrinologist or even a physician. He has an interest in osteoporosis because he has had many fractures from some medical/personal issue. As he is a runner, it may be that he is too thin and that caused his osteoporosis? Who knows.
He did go to Stanford, though, so he has that going for him...but perhaps he couldn't get into medical school and did Chiropractic as an alternative, many wanna be docs do that as it is a easier route.
Personally: if I needed Vitamin K and Vitamin D or anything else to strengthen my bones, that wasn't prescription based, I would go to a compounding pharmacist. Or like you, just use diet and or vitamins one can find in Walmart's vitamin shelves.
I would use a compounding pharmacist who would consult with a good endocrinologist. That would be a solid medical team if one wanted to self treat.
The problem with vitamins from ANY place is that they are not FDA approved in most cases and they are questionable as to quality, especially from some foreign countries who profit from copying, but not quite having good quality control or legal standards for supplements?
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Thanks @njx58 for your response. I have been taking Thorne advanced bone support. I still have another 5 months before my next dexa scan. I took K2 separately for a while, but I think it was giving me joint pain. I just finished the Thorne and thought I would switch to osteo-sustain. On the ingredients for osteo-stim is N-Acetyl cysteine. There seem to be mixed info on that, used to be prescription only. I do take his fortibone collagen and have not had any issues with it. I think I will try “sustain”, not sure about “stim”. I agree about getting what we need from food. I try to take that into account when taking supplements. Thanks.