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Bisphosphonates or Not? Both No Win

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jan 30, 2022 | Replies (92)

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I am very disappointed in doctors' who fail to sufficiently explain how osteoporosis works and how to take calcium. it was a couple of months after I was diagnosed before I discovered that the body can only use 300 mg of calcium at a time. Any more than 300 mg will be flushed out in urine. No one tells us about boron or any of the other supplements. Tums have 300 mg of calcium in every tablet. My latest discovery (on this list? I don't remember) is that melatonin helps build new bone. I searched on Medline and indeed there are a number of articles on this topic. My endocrinologist has a dietician that I guess he refers his diabetic patients to. Why does he not refer his osteoporosis patients to her? Maybe she doesn't treat osteoporosis patients?? I had hoped to find one who would know all these well kept secrets and help me develop a diet specific to my needs. No luck with that.

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Here is a link to the BoneLadies excellent blog where she compares the COMB and MOTS study which includes the melatonin listed by Catcando. I have always assumed that the melatonin makes a difference for the better with bone building because the body needs the quality of sleep to grow bone or maybe it is moot and the other supplements are what made the difference, impossible to tell in a combination study like this. But bone building is obviously a synergistic action of many supplements, hormones etc. so the study makes sense in mimicking real life.

The studies follow a novel combination of melatonin and other natural bone-aiding micronutrients including: strontium citrate, vitamins D3 and K2 etc. with each study having some difference in supplement. Obviously, this combination of supplements study has its pluses and minuses. Probably most importantly these are 2 studies on strontium citrate. A welcomed supplement study which is fairly rare in the research field.

Notice the links at the bottom of the blog link which will take you to the actual studies http://strontiumforbones.blogspot.com/2017/02/mots-and-comb-study-comparison.html

@migizii My PCP actually referred me to a dietician for osteoporosis and when I met with the person, they gave me the strangest look and said if you’re not here about a diabetic diet, I can’t help you. Thus, I’ve been learning on my own ever since.