The incidence of osteoporosis has been increasing dramatically, affecting an estimated 10 million Americans over the age of
50 years old. Some reports say as many as 28 million people have osteoporosis. In addition 33 million people, mostly women, are
afflicted with low bone density, placing them at an increased risk for developing this condition.

Close to 1.2 million bone fractures in the United States each year are related to osteoporosis. 50,000 people die each year from
post-fracture complications, and as many as one-fifth of people suffering from osteoporosis end up in a nursing home.
Stop excess consumption of milk and milk products.
For over 50 years milk has pitched as a wonder food whose calcium is the only protection we need against weak bones. Yet,
Americans have one of the worlds high calcium intakes, but still suffer from one of the worlds highest rates of osteoporosis.

African women in the United States eat at least four times more calcium than African women in Africa, and have nine times more
osteoporosis. Asian women in the United States eat at least 60% more calcium than Asian women in Asia, and have three times more
osteoporosis. Calcium consumption in Hong Kong and Greece doubled in the last 30 years, and the rate of osteoporosis tripled in
Hong Kong, and more than doubled in Greece.

Post-menopausal women in America who consume calcium rich dairy products have over three times more osteoporosis than those
who do not. The Harvard Nurses Study, and a similar study done by the dairy industry found that the more dairy products we consume,
the more bone we lose.

Another study concluded that women who drank two or more glasses of milk per day increased their risk of fractures compared with
women who drank less than one glass per week, and that consumption of yogurt, cheese and other dairy products also increased the
risk of fractures.
Reduce stress.
Cortisol is a hormone produced when your body is under stress that causes calcium to be pulled from the bones. In this day and age,
it isn’t easy to reduce stress, so excess cortisol may well be initiating the pull of calcium your your bones.

By the way, there are some drugs that block the absorption of calcium into bones. Prednisone does this. It is commonly used to treat
autoimmune, asthma, and inflammatory diseases.
Biphosphonate drugs, like Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva work by killing off osteoclasts which are supposed to resorb
old, infirm bone.
So not as much bone gets resorbed when you use them. Unfortunately, though your bones may stay denser when
you take Fosamax, they are composed of a higher amount of old, poor quality bone cells, both of collagen and calcium, so will be more
brittle and weak. You must have balanced bone resorption and creation for healthy bones. These drugs creates an unbalanced
environment, which can’t create healthy bones.
Bones are living tissues that must be constantly rebuilt via a two part process. First, cells called osteoclasts clear old
minerals out of bone tissue that has become weak and mottled, and carry it into the blood. Next, osteoblasts deposit new minerals and
collagen back into the bone.
Osteoclasts and osteoblasts are activated by the parathyroid hormone which encourages osteoclasts to pull calcium from the bones.
Calcitonin is the hormone that stimulates osteoblasts to deposit calcium into the bones.
OSTEOPOROSIS: YES, IT IS CERTAINLY PREVENTABLE AND EVEN REVERSIBLE.  Here are some key factors and info to bring you
up to speed.  
GOT MILK, well maybe you shoudn't have so much. On a Diet, watch the low fat dairy products and get in the right
mental condition to reduce stress.
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