Treating Osteoporosis: What works for you?

Posted by heritage1955 @heritage1955, Apr 1, 2016

Hi. I'm new to the site and am interested in treating osteoperosis. I'm 39 yo and recently had a bone density that showed I'm at -2.4. So, going through the intial "I can't believe it" stuff. 🙂

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Any one of the drugs that interferes with osteoblasts/ and clasts may increase bone MASS, as per DEXA, but not necessarily make it stronger! Exercise and diet is a way we can control it better ourselves or as well as drugs if you must.

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I gave almond a try because its organic. I only walk. Unfortunately presently I'm addressing other medical problems I have that take priority.

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Any one of the drugs that interferes with osteoblasts/ and clasts may increase bone MASS, as per DEXA, but not necessarily make it stronger! Exercise and diet is a way we can control it better ourselves or as well as drugs if you must.

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The book is called SaveOurBones by Vivian Goldschmidt, MA. I bought it for $67.00 worth every penny
the website: http://saveourbones.com
Please take amoment and watch this video where she informs more about the Save Insitutue
http://saveourbones.com/about/. All the best!

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Any one of the drugs that interferes with osteoblasts/ and clasts may increase bone MASS, as per DEXA, but not necessarily make it stronger! Exercise and diet is a way we can control it better ourselves or as well as drugs if you must.

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I came across Vivian Goldschmidt, MA and the Save Our Bones Institute early in my research on osteoporosis meds. A couple of things I don't understand: Goldschmidt's opposition to milk (the most natural form of calcium there is) and her disregard to exercise. (How can one build bones without strength-bearing exercises?) I disregarded much of what she says because she is making her living selling her products. Have you been using her projects and do you think they are helping you?

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The book is called SaveOurBones by Vivian Goldschmidt, MA. I bought the book for $67.00 worth every penny. Please take a moment and watch this video where she explains more about the Save Institute
http://saveourbones.com/about/. All the best

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Big Pharma make big money telling normal people they need drugs and have a disease! Like many folk I have a bit of health scare. Before this I took my precious body for granted. I found a fantastic Book and Website. I have never had a more thorough insight into my bones, a so so important structure/organ of our bodies. So much to it, that tampering with it seems a great sin.

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I'd like to know the name of the website and the book. Thanks.

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Any one of the drugs that interferes with osteoblasts/ and clasts may increase bone MASS, as per DEXA, but not necessarily make it stronger! Exercise and diet is a way we can control it better ourselves or as well as drugs if you must.

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SAVE INSTITUTE<br><br>save out bones<br><br>vivian goldsleigh????<br><br><br>

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Big Pharma make big money telling normal people they need drugs and have a disease! Like many folk I have a bit of health scare. Before this I took my precious body for granted. I found a fantastic Book and Website. I have never had a more thorough insight into my bones, a so so important structure/organ of our bodies. So much to it, that tampering with it seems a great sin.

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Profile picture for kayelle @kayelle

Any one of the drugs that interferes with osteoblasts/ and clasts may increase bone MASS, as per DEXA, but not necessarily make it stronger! Exercise and diet is a way we can control it better ourselves or as well as drugs if you must.

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My response to Kayelle: Thanks for your insight. This is exactly what I thought after I had spent many hours looking into this. I'd like to know how you arrived at this conclusion and why isn't the medical profession saying this?

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Any one of the drugs that interferes with osteoblasts/ and clasts may increase bone MASS, as per DEXA, but not necessarily make it stronger! Exercise and diet is a way we can control it better ourselves or as well as drugs if you must.

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What is written on the Fosamax package insert is the manufacturer's claim. What the pharmacist said is an interpretation of the claim. In my situation, I was on Fosamax for about 8 years when my doctor (an internist) took me off of it, immediately following a report of broken femor bones (there is now a class action lawsuit over this problem). Three years later (early in 2016) I had a compression fracture of a disc. I then asked my doctor if he would recommend my going back to Fosamax or perhaps Actenol, which my twin brother is on. His response was that he didn't want me to go either of these because, he wrote in an email, "it might do more harm than good".
The fact is that there is a lot that doctors do not know about these drugs yet they continue to prescribe them.

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