@swuelfing1 Thank you for posting this. I’ve been thinking about this topic too.

I heard an excellent show yesterday on the radio on Nutrition and Health where the experts discussed the use of supplements for a variety of health conditions. Osteoporosis came up in the discussion. The consensus was this. Start with one’s diet. Try to get as much vitamins and minerals as required from your diet. The viewpoint was not to start with supplements but rather start with your diet. And then for osteoporosis (and heart disease as they came up in the radio program) figure out the exercise you need.

I tried for about 8 years to manage my osteoporosis with diet and exercise. I continued to lose bone density and so finally decided to go with medication. I was on Fosamax for 5 years and along with keeping up with diet and exercise I did gain bone density. Unfortunately, that was somewhat “undone” when I needed to address cancer recurrence (endometrial cancer) through radiation therapy. I lost some bone density through pelvic radiation which the radiation oncologist warned me about. I had a fracture in the sacrum. So now, with the advice of my Mayo Clinic endocrinologist, I’m on Evenity for 12 months.

The information on so-called natural approaches is conflicting. I think the best I can do is to talk with my doctors, the nutritionist, and do my own research. Then make a decision on what works best for me. For me, completely avoiding the use of osteoporosis medications by trying to go all natural just didn’t work as evidenced by the sacral fracture.

Which way are you leaning?