Treating Osteoporosis: What works for you?

@lilypaws Sorry for butting in but my Dr put me on calcium citrate 600 in morning and 600 at night she said you get a better benefit by doing it this way Take D3 remember and magnesium these all work together and Miralax of course

@migizii Hi, My endocrinologist wants me to take cacium citrate, not just calcuim I take 2 a day 1000mg one at breakfast and the other one at supper or you my call it dinner. I was raised on a farm. I'm going to send a message to my endocrinologist to see if I need to be on 1200 mg of cacium citrate.. I use Miralax for constipation and at Amazon you can get generic. Miralax you can get it to less cost. I don't use a whole cap of Miralax or it causes loss stools. Really lose. I hope this helps.

Have you been taking calcium carbonate? It is known to cause constipation. Calcium citrate is absorbed better and does not need to be taken with food and is much less likely to cause constipation. I have recently started on 250mg of calcium citrate twice a day. Since I live with irritable bowel-"C", calcium carbonate is a no-no. I am a finicky eater and cannot ever get enough calcium from my diet. I'm on Prolia so it's another reason for taking a supplement.

@lilypaws Most physicians prefer you to get nutrients like calcium from food. I track how much I get from food and then take a calcium supplement if I haven't had at least 1200 mg in a day. Too much calcium can be problematic too, it can cause hypercalcemia.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hypercalcemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355523
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@migizii Hi, My endocrinologist wants me to take cacium citrate, not just calcuim I take 2 a day 1000mg one at breakfast and the other one at supper or you my call it dinner. I was raised on a farm. I'm going to send a message to my endocrinologist to see if I need to be on 1200 mg of cacium citrate.. I use Miralax for constipation and at Amazon you can get generic. Miralax you can get it to less cost. I don't use a whole cap of Miralax or it causes loss stools. Really lose. I hope this helps.

Need to add protein powders to my diet. I've had to delete many foods from my diet (ckd, diabetes), but the biggest problem remains my IBS. If you would be so kind as to share what you find out about protein powders, I'd be a happy camper. Also, my husband has Dementia, which has affected his food-eating to a considerable extent. Anyone have sneaky ways to have him eat more nourishing meals, I'd appreciate hearing about them. One idea I've tried seems to work, and that is to ask my friends to save that little bit of leftover for me. It adds great variety to his diet, but relieves me of the problem of how to improve his diet without making quantities of food I can't eat.

@trishanna There are a lot of protein powders, even at Hyvee. Whey Powder is the best, but I get at Hyvee the vanilla Nature's Bounty complete Protein & vitamins, chocolate is too strong that's what I found out.' It is uniquely formulated blend of Protein & Vitamin nutients.It says it's for woman, but does have 2 mg of sugar and I think it would be perfect for your husband too. It has collagen,,fiber, and Probiotics in it I hope this help, but if you go too a natural food store they could help you pick one out too. My husband orders a whey one from
Amazon, but I don't l don't like the flavor, It has 30 mg of protein, where mine only has 15 mg. I hope this helps.

@lilypaws Sorry for butting in but my Dr put me on calcium citrate 600 in morning and 600 at night she said you get a better benefit by doing it this way Take D3 remember and magnesium these all work together and Miralax of course

Need to add protein powders to my diet. I've had to delete many foods from my diet (ckd, diabetes), but the biggest problem remains my IBS. If you would be so kind as to share what you find out about protein powders, I'd be a happy camper. Also, my husband has Dementia, which has affected his food-eating to a considerable extent. Anyone have sneaky ways to have him eat more nourishing meals, I'd appreciate hearing about them. One idea I've tried seems to work, and that is to ask my friends to save that little bit of leftover for me. It adds great variety to his diet, but relieves me of the problem of how to improve his diet without making quantities of food I can't eat.