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Bisphosphonates or Not? Both No Win

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

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Sunnyflower, the strontium in New Chapter Bone Strength is useless because it is combined with calcium. The body seems to always choose calcium over strontium if taken together, at least that is what current research suggests. So it is best to take calcium and strontium apart from one another. Strontium late at night is usually best. It does bother me that the research for New Chapter seems to be flawed.

I have never understood the concern about cutting nutritious fat out of the diet. The body needs fat. In fact if you add fat to carbos the body is less likely to store carbohydrates as fat...so lots of butter on baked potatoes please.

When my husband decided he needed to lost 40 lbs, he bought a blood glucose monitoring device to see what raised his glucose levels. He then culled those items which were almost all carbos, especially potatoes, rice and bakery items from his diet. Then he added lots of fat and protein. The lbs melted away. After he lost the weight and started adding items bk into his diet he made sure to keep lots of fat in the equation because the fat slows down the glucose rise. Bottom line eating fats in combination with carbohydrates can affect how quickly the carbohydrates are absorbed in the digestive tract, potentially leading to a slower, more sustained rise in blood glucose levels.

Thanks for the information about boron. I eat lots of nuts, raisins, beets. Still, after reading the research I think that 3mg of boron would be prudent for especially hormone regulation during menopause.

Warmest wishes to you also, Sunnyflower.

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Thanks Kathleen! This is very good information. It is overwhelming because that means I have to do research again to find a different bone supplement. Do you know if it is okay to take the Boron with the bone supplement? I did read that the strontium atom is heavier than bone so that it will in effect replace bone, not help bone grow. Any comments on this? My osteoporosis has been severe for many years and I've already had three spontaneous pelvic fractures and one rib fracture besides other little bones. I have been on steroids daily since the early 1990s; at first it was megadoses by IVs and 60mg oral tapers but now it's 10 mg a day. I went on a very low calorie diet and have lost about 200 lbs but I had very little fat in my diet so Just Having learned that vitamin D needs fat in order to help calcium be absorbed, I have started to add 1/4 of an avocado to the meal that I do not get fat in.

I saw a guy on Dr. Oz who went around the world trying to find out who were the most cardiofit. I think he ended up with a country in South America and listen to this! They slept 9 hours a night, 90% of the time they were awake they were moving and, now sit down, a very, very high percentage of their diet is complex carbohydrates! I believe they had plantains at every meal whether boiled, steamed, baked or fried. So that kind of blows away the keto diet yes? Thanks again for such great information and I hope you're doing well. Blessings, Sunny