Goat milk powder for nutrient absorption

Posted by orwalker @orwalker, Apr 8 12:57pm

Is anyone using goat milk powder and seeing any improvements in bone marker tests or dexa scan? To

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Hi all. I saw the article on Facebook about Goat Milk as well and intrigued. I'm almost 57 with -3 score, especially lower spine (yikes). I did Reclast for 3 years (ages 54-6) and it didn't help much. My T-Score worsened in the year since. BTW, I reached full menopause at 52.

Below are some studies I thought were interesting. Clearly there is a need for more research, but it does seem plausible that Calcium and other minerals in goat milk are more readily absorbed than those in other milks and most interestingly, supplements (even calcium citrate). Please share if you find more research on goat milk/powder. I'm curious if powder truly works as well/better.
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/108672-new-studies-on-goat-milk-show-it-is-more-beneficial-to-health-than-cow-milk/es
https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(25)00498-9/fulltext
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0307.12770

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Hi all. I saw the article on Facebook about Goat Milk as well and intrigued. I'm almost 57 with -3 score, especially lower spine (yikes). I did Reclast for 3 years (ages 54-6) and it didn't help much. My T-Score worsened in the year since. BTW, I reached full menopause at 52.

Below are some studies I thought were interesting. Clearly there is a need for more research, but it does seem plausible that Calcium and other minerals in goat milk are more readily absorbed than those in other milks and most interestingly, supplements (even calcium citrate). Please share if you find more research on goat milk/powder. I'm curious if powder truly works as well/better.
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/108672-new-studies-on-goat-milk-show-it-is-more-beneficial-to-health-than-cow-milk/es
https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(25)00498-9/fulltext
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0307.12770

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@alyssa5455

Have you considered one of the bone building/anabolic meds like forteo, tymlos or Evenity?

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@alyssa5455

Have you considered one of the bone building/anabolic meds like forteo, tymlos or Evenity?

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@gravity3

Thanks yes, I am supposed to start Evenity soon. Thinking of delaying while I try the goat milk powder for a few months.

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@gravity3

Thanks yes, I am supposed to start Evenity soon. Thinking of delaying while I try the goat milk powder for a few months.

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@alyssa5455 Goat milk powder is not going to help you. Absorbing a little more calcium isn't going to get rid of osteoporosis. You're assuming that a deficit in calcium is causing your bone loss, and that is most likely not the case. Please, start on Evenity.

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@gravity3

Thanks yes, I am supposed to start Evenity soon. Thinking of delaying while I try the goat milk powder for a few months.

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@alyssa5455

Most Osteoporosis is caused by loss of hormones due to menopause.

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@alyssa5455

Most Osteoporosis is caused by loss of hormones due to menopause.

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@gravity3

So, if most osteoporosis is caused by loss of hormones due to menopause, should hormone replacement therapy/supplements/meds be the best way to control it? Rather than all of the varied infusions and other prescribed meds (i.e. Fosamax, etc.)

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I ordered goat milk powder from a provider I found on Facebook (I should have known better). When I tracked the package, I found it was coming from China. I emailed the provider and was told the powder was sourced from Australia and routed through China. Hmmmm The powder arrived in packets without the provider's name. The powder itself is quite yellow and when mixed with water the result is thin/watery and yellow. It tastes quite sweet. Is this stuff goat milk powder? If you use goat milk powder, what does yours look/taste like?

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@jehg Thank you for sharing this helpful info! What is the name of the company? I’d like to avoid this one since I am also thinking of ordering goat milk powder.

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@gravity3

So, if most osteoporosis is caused by loss of hormones due to menopause, should hormone replacement therapy/supplements/meds be the best way to control it? Rather than all of the varied infusions and other prescribed meds (i.e. Fosamax, etc.)

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I am not a physician. Treating osteoporosis is too individual a process to generalize.

That said, I wish that the flaws in the women's health initiative study had been discovered early on. Perhaps if it had I would have been introduced to bhrt/hrt at 38 when I had menopause. I am 78 now. That ship sailed long ago. I don't know if it would have prevented my osteoporosis or slowed it but it certainly would have helped but again too many variables and what ifs.
I suggest you start researching this if you haven't already.
Lots is being written now.
I got on that train a long time ago and am so grateful for the drugs to treat it. I am grateful also that I have had no noticeable side effects from any of them. Alendronate, forteo, evenity and now Prolia.

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@zambezifalls

I am not a physician. Treating osteoporosis is too individual a process to generalize.

That said, I wish that the flaws in the women's health initiative study had been discovered early on. Perhaps if it had I would have been introduced to bhrt/hrt at 38 when I had menopause. I am 78 now. That ship sailed long ago. I don't know if it would have prevented my osteoporosis or slowed it but it certainly would have helped but again too many variables and what ifs.
I suggest you start researching this if you haven't already.
Lots is being written now.
I got on that train a long time ago and am so grateful for the drugs to treat it. I am grateful also that I have had no noticeable side effects from any of them. Alendronate, forteo, evenity and now Prolia.

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@gravity3 Fosamax was introduced in 1995. Before then, if you had osteoporosis, good luck. I'm sure every decade will bring more advances (for the next group of patients!)

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@zambezifalls

I am not a physician. Treating osteoporosis is too individual a process to generalize.

That said, I wish that the flaws in the women's health initiative study had been discovered early on. Perhaps if it had I would have been introduced to bhrt/hrt at 38 when I had menopause. I am 78 now. That ship sailed long ago. I don't know if it would have prevented my osteoporosis or slowed it but it certainly would have helped but again too many variables and what ifs.
I suggest you start researching this if you haven't already.
Lots is being written now.
I got on that train a long time ago and am so grateful for the drugs to treat it. I am grateful also that I have had no noticeable side effects from any of them. Alendronate, forteo, evenity and now Prolia.

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@gravity3
Thanks for your comments. One question: Why have you used so many of the varied osteoporosis drugs?

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