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A good sign of low vitamin D is when
2 out of 3 bones hurt when pressed
(breastbone, left shin, right shin)
Want to catch and stop or reverse Osteopenia before it becomes Osteoporosis
It is very difficult (impossible?) to reverse Osteoporosis - by then too many "bone bridges" are gone
Magnesium is removed by water softeners
* "Soft water" is free from dissolved salts of such metals as calcium, iron, or
magnesium , which form insoluble deposits such as appear as scale in boilers or soap curds in bathtubs and laundry equipment.
* "A typical residential ion-exchange water softener softens hard water by exchanging calcium and
magnesium for sodium"
* A quick search of the web was unable to find how much Magnesium is removed: 50%, 80 %, 90%?
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Reverse osmosis removes 93-99% of all Magnesium and Calcium
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1. Building bone takes more than just Vitamin D
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Adding just vitamin D again failed to add bone density (also need Magnesium, Vitamin K, etc) – RCT Aug 2018
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Healthy bones need: Calcium, Vitamin D, Magnesium, Silicon, Vitamin K, and Boron – 2012
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Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium, etc increase bone density when taking together– Jan 2012
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Vitamin K and bone – review Oct 2017
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Bone formation in the lab is aided by Vitamin D, Vitamin K1, and Vitamin K2 – meta-analysis Nov 2017
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Bone density improved with resveratrol (which improves Vitamin D Receptor) – RCT Sept 2018
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1. Supplementing
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4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018
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Bulk supplementation of Vitamin D, Magnesium, Zinc, B-12, K2, Boron etc. - lower cost and easier than pills - and Resveratrol
* Founder of VitaminDWiki currently take no pills - all bulk powder, <50 cents per day
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Consider restoring the Vitamin D levels in days, not months
* Can immediate start building bone with Magnesium, Boron, etc. without having to wait for months for the Vitamin D levels to get > 30 ng
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Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D contains the following summary
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Osteopenia is a term to define bone density that is not normal but also not as low as osteoporosis.
By definition from the World Health Organization osteopenia is defined by bone densitometry as a T score -1 to -2.5.
There are many causes for osteopenia including calcium and vitamin D deficiency and inactivity. Genetics plays an important role in a person's bone mineral density and often Caucasian women with a thin body habitus who are premenopausal are found to have osteopenia.
Correction of calcium and vitamin D deficiency and walking 3 to 5 miles a week can often improve bone density in the hip and spine.
There are a variety of pharmaceutical agents that have been recommended for the treatment of osteopenia and osteoporosis including hormone replacement therapy, selective estrogen receptor modulator therapy, anti-resorptive therapy. In addition patients with osteoporosis who have failed anti-resorptive therapy can have a significant improvement in their bone density with anabolic therapy.
