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Rucking + AlgaeCal=BMD -- Anyone else have this experience?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 17 4:31pm | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
@michaellavacot , and others, I lean a little the other way on Strontium. I read 28 papers or other mostly doctor/researcher sources over 3 months. I suspect that Strontium Citrate does help bone strength. But I do not take it.
The "false" better BMD DEXA readings are not noted in all sources of information. Notably to me is that algaecal strontium supplement provider has something like a money-back guarantee that your DEXA will be better if you take it for some number of months. No adjustment for the higher atomic number of strontium in your "better" DEXA reading. I have read individual accounts from women about supposedly improved DEXA readings but again without any adjustments for the higher density of strontium.
I decided not to take strontium citrate for two reasons: 1) I am trying other interventions, especially HRT and LIFTMOR type weight lifting. I need to see the true DEXA outcome for those after two years and I'm on month 10 now. 2) I have seen no evidence of clinician doctors who adjust DEXA for strontium intake and if/when I do want anabolic bone drugs then I do not want to be disqualified because "false" DEXA readings make my bones appear too good when the are not. Strontium stays in your bones for years after you stop taking it, so this is not a quickly reversed decision.
What would likely tip me the other way to start me on strontium citrate: Having much worse T-scores than my current -2.x and not getting results from other interventions AND/OR running out of options as @cathyf31 has happening to her.
Normally I try to give references for my posts, but the strontium information is all over the map and I don't want to provide 20+ links. Some of the research papers are really dense and you need to read carefully as even a few of those naively do not adjust for the higher atomic number of Strontium. Still here is a good overview even though it is from an competing supplement provider. I know nothing about the products that they do offer. But this provider could easily also offer a strontium supplement, and they do well at explaining why they do NOT:
https://solaria.bio/blogs/articles/strontium-citrate-supplements-for-bone-health
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@kfhoz - You bring up a good point that I had not really thought about. If you take strontium and in helps improve your T-Scores to better than -2.5, then it could be really tough to get insurance approval for other medications, unless you break a bone. Strontium citrate is a big leap of faith for sure, especially without any clinical trial data showing fracture reduction.
BTW, I'm a big fan of HRT and resistance training. I think if your T-Scores are not too bad and you are in good shape, I say give it a try. But know that if you stop HRT, your gains will be lot pretty quickly. I have seen a trial where HRT gains over three years are lost in one year when discontinued. I have heard that BMD gains from resistance training will also be lost if stopped.