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BONE HEALTH & OSTEOPOROSIS
On this page: Information
for learning more about your skeleton and the causes of osteoporosis,
and Nutritional Supplements designed to support the bones
and teeth, and muscles and nerves.
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here to learn more about your skeleton, what is and what
causes osteoporosis
Learn
more about your skeleton, what is and what causes osteoporosis:
The Skeleton
The skeleton is made up of over 200 bones. It is a rigid framework which gives
shape and support to the body. Bone is a highly vascular (large blood supply),
living, constantly changing, mineralized connective tissue. It is remarkable
for its hardness, resilience, growth mechanisms, and regenerative capacity.
The organic matrix (structure) of bone is made up of bone salts, which
give bones their hardness and rigidity. The most important of these bone
salts are: calcium, magnesium, phosphate, carbonate, hydroxyl, chloride,
fluoride (elemental), and citrate. Nutritional deficiencies of these crucial building
blocks can be the root cause of many skeletal conditions.
What is Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is
a very common condition that affects women more than men
and Asian and Caucasian people more than African-Americans.
Osteoporosis is a decrease in bone mass and density, that
leaves porous spaces (holes) in the bones. This causes a
loss of the supporting mineral bone structure, weight and
height loss, thin, painful, brittle bones, and easily broken
bones. Osteoporosis is the most common whole-body bone disease
in America, affecting approximately 40 million people, mainly
women, causing thousands of injuries and deaths per year.
What causes Osteoporosis?
Mineral (calcium
and magnesium) deficiencies; menopause and unbalanced female
hormones, protein and collagen deficiencies, excess cortisone
or steroid use (Cortisone, Prednisone), smoking, excessive
consumption of animal protein, sugar, salt, caffeine, soft
drinks and/or hard liquor consumption, heavy metal and environmental
chemical exposure (especially cadmium and nickel) are all
underlying factors of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is an epidemic
in America. Bone density and mass reach their maximum levels
for women at approximately age thirty and thirty-five. There
is a normal decrease in bone mass after age 35-40, but due
to causative factors (see above), this bone mass loss is
increased in persons with osteoporosis. Almost $4 billion
is spent yearly in America treating conditions related to
osteoporosis.
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