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Diet, lifestyle changes and medications for osteoporosis treatment
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 4 12:58pm | Replies (117)Comment receiving replies
Keep it simple. Just eat more foods with a high calcium content. You can google foods with high calcium. What comes to mind is milk (if you can tolerate milk), cheese, nuts, beans, tangerines, yogurt.
I try to get 500 mg of calcium from food every day. I also take a 500 mg supplement (500 mg is recommended by the World Health Organization). Lots of articles say that calcium supplements cause more plaque in the arteries, and this is the reason I won't take more than 500 mg. in a supplement form.
I do not like foods that are fortified with calcium - it's just like taking another pill. Your body will absorb calcium from food more than a pill. Eat calcium rich foods and take a minimal amount of calcium in a supplement form.
I'm not a doctor, but I have studied this and read many articles pertaining to this subject.
Madelyn
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@madelynewing Do you take Vitamin K with your calcium? That is proven to direct calcium to the bones. I take two forms of Vitamin K in high doses: 180mcg of vitamin K2 MK-7 (Menaquinone-7) TrueVantage brand and
45,000 mcg (45 mg) of vitamin K2 MK-4 (Menaquinone-4) Life Extension K2 High Potency brand.
These high doses are discussed more in a topic in this support group titled: Vitamin K: High Doses of MK-4 and MK-7 Show Promising Results
Also, if you want a food based calcium, I recently discovered Seen Calcium Chews, which are 100% food based. Each chew contains 500mg calcium, 400IU Vitamin D, plus small amounts of phosphorus and magnesium. The ingredients are organic dates, milk minerals, almonds, milk protein and organic Vitamin D2 mushroom powder. The recommended dose is 1 chew a day. I also take 1/2 dose of a pill form of calcium.
They are available to purchase from their website: https://www.seennutrition.com/
They are kind of expensive. 30 chews cost $35.00 or $29.75 on auto delivery. 90 chews cost $105.00 or $89.25 on auto delivery.