Bone Coach - How do you know it works?

I don't understand why anyone in this day and age would recommend tums as a calcium supplement. It is for heartburn. It weakens stomach acid - you need stomach acid to digest and break food down so i can be absorbed. So why take as a calcium supp if you don't have heartburn. It also has aluminum salts. I copied this right from the tums website:

Antacids are the fastest-acting heartburn relief available because they start to weaken the acid in your stomach the second they reach it. The weaker the acid in your stomach, the less likely it is to give you heartburn. The longer an antacid stays in the stomach, the longer it works; and having some food in your stomach may actually prolong an antacid’s effect.1

Most antacids contain at least one of these key ingredients: calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide and/or sodium bicarbonate. While all these ingredients work to neutralize your stomach's acid, it's important to know more about them so you can choose the one that's right for you.

Steering clear of the Tuna entirely.Agree with you.

Am going to just do calcium in diet and see what Osteo NP says on Tuesday.

thank you - i am also investigating and have been impressed as well. they are there to provide a place where they can give information and service in a consolidated way with a team of professionals that are licensed. the interviews I've seen do not raise any flags for me.

I don't understand why anyone in this day and age would recommend tums as a calcium supplement. It is for heartburn. It weakens stomach acid - you need stomach acid to digest and break food down so i can be absorbed. So why take as a calcium supp if you don't have heartburn. It also has aluminum salts. I copied this right from the tums website:

Antacids are the fastest-acting heartburn relief available because they start to weaken the acid in your stomach the second they reach it. The weaker the acid in your stomach, the less likely it is to give you heartburn. The longer an antacid stays in the stomach, the longer it works; and having some food in your stomach may actually prolong an antacid’s effect.1

Most antacids contain at least one of these key ingredients: calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide and/or sodium bicarbonate. While all these ingredients work to neutralize your stomach's acid, it's important to know more about them so you can choose the one that's right for you.

It would be interesting to know why your doctor said not to take calcium. Because of calcification in your arteries maybe? And how did he know you’re Vit K was high? I didn’t think there was a reliable test for that. I’d like to know how he tested for that as I’m concerned about the amount I am taking.

*Tums.

Sue, it is a work in progress, but I’m moving forward daily. I switch things up, but a walk daily is non negotiable. I use a weighted vest (I’m finally up to 10lbs, and my goal is the recommended 10% of body weight..so 12lb is my goal.) I alternate days of doing free weights exercise,Fishman Yoga 12 poses and Meeks method exercises. I eat mostly plant based (I’m a vegan for 30+years, but recently stopped ALL added sugar (6 months ago). I take vitamins, but not crazy amounts and get most from food, but as I age my appetite had gotten so low that supplements are getting necessary. I definitely take B12, a good multi, K2, D3,DHA, magnesium and C. I emphasize protein, calcium and fiber in my diet. That’s it, so far. Ha!
You are lucky to have gotten the daddy gene! I got my moms crummy gene snd have been working for most of my life to not follow her path of self care, which was zero! I’m trying …
I’m envious of your current status of bone health, but please keep vigilant. Women don’t have it easy in this aging game. Whatever you do, muscle strength is vital for your future. Work on that and flexibility. You want to be able to get up if you fall! My friend told me she was unable to get on the floor and then get up… terrifying!! I watched videos on this very thing and am now able to get down and up without much grunting!! Haha!
Thanks for checking out those links. And continue to stay strong and well… Barb

Hi Barb. You are very dedicated and diligent in your dietary and exercise regimen. Good for you! I am still trying to figure some things out and have something else going on that's causing chronic pain--going on 4 years now. I've seen a bunch of docs and had every x-ray and MRI of my spine I can have. I'm going to see a different endocrinologist in a couple of weeks (has taken over 6 months to get in to see her), as I didn't feel very confident in the doctor I've initially seen. I didn't want to take Fosamax, as I need ongoing dental work. I'm glad to hear another person on here has had positive results with that. I have been doing the Forteo injections for about 5 months now and am aware that it makes me very tired, but it's hard to know for certain what other side effects it may be causing (brain fog, I'm pretty certain about too) because I'm in pretty much constant pain. But I didn't mean to go into all this. My question for you is how do you get enough calcium in a vegan diet? Thank you in advance for your reply.

Michelle

Hi Barb. You are very dedicated and diligent in your dietary and exercise regimen. Good for you! I am still trying to figure some things out and have something else going on that's causing chronic pain--going on 4 years now. I've seen a bunch of docs and had every x-ray and MRI of my spine I can have. I'm going to see a different endocrinologist in a couple of weeks (has taken over 6 months to get in to see her), as I didn't feel very confident in the doctor I've initially seen. I didn't want to take Fosamax, as I need ongoing dental work. I'm glad to hear another person on here has had positive results with that. I have been doing the Forteo injections for about 5 months now and am aware that it makes me very tired, but it's hard to know for certain what other side effects it may be causing (brain fog, I'm pretty certain about too) because I'm in pretty much constant pain. But I didn't mean to go into all this. My question for you is how do you get enough calcium in a vegan diet? Thank you in advance for your reply.

Michelle

@sueinmn This is good advice and information.

If one wants to search the scientific literature try Google Scholar. Using the key words Bone Coach you can see if there is peer-reviewed scientific evidence. That way one can locate valid and reliable evidence if it there is any that has been published in a scientific journal.

Does this help?