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Calcium Alone Does Not Reduce Hip Fracture Risk

A recent analysis of several studies found no reduction in risk of hip fracture with calcium supplementation by itself.

Hip fractures are the most frequent and severe fractures among the elderly, and experts estimate the average cost of care at $29,000 per patient. Increased calcium intake is still commonly recommended as a single fracture prevention strategy.

According to authors of the analysis, future studies of fracture prevention should focus on the best combination of calcium plus vitamin D, rather than on calcium supplementation alone.


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  Science Daily June 30, 2008




 
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Posted On Jul 01, 2008
Here are some interesting comments from Russell L Blaylock's book "Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life".

"Osteoporosis is essentially unknown in societies whose diets contain little or no meat. *** This is because high-protein diets are very acidic. *** If blood is too acidic, calcium is mobilised to neutralise the acid".

"A recent review found that of all the factors associated with reducing osteoporosis, the most effective was maintaining a diet high in fruits and vegetables".  ***  "This means at least seven to ten servings a day".

"Studies have shown that vegetarians do not necessarily have stronger bones than omnivores during the third to fifth decades of life, but bone loss in this population is much slower or even nonexistent, after age fifty compared to omnivores".

I guess the take home message here is that we need to eat our fruit and veges and lots of them. It would appear that this approach is likely to be more effective than calcium supplementation.

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Good points, Aaltrude!  Thanks!

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