| If your doctor says your bone density is | | | | Vitamins, B6 and folic acid. These B vitamins are |
| degenerating or that you have osteoporosis, what | | | | essential for reducing your homocysteine levels. |
| can you do? Most likely your doctor will want to put | | | | Remember that high homocysteine levels and |
| you on a drug. Since most drugs have real nasty side | | | | unchecked homocysteine levels in your blood lead to |
| effects, after long-term use, you may want to look | | | | plaque buildup in blood vessels. Plaque build up in your |
| for a natural alternative. First of all, you need to | | | | blood vessels is probably the most serious condition |
| make sure that you are getting a good supplement | | | | that you will have to face as you age. Plaque buildup |
| of calcium and magnesium for reducing osteoporosis. | | | | in the blood vessels is the major cause of |
| For women up to 1200 mg to 1600 mg of calcium | | | | cardiovascular disease. Celiac Disease encourages |
| per day and about 600 mg to 800 mg of magnesium | | | | osteoporosis In another article I have also written |
| is recommended. For men, use around 200 mg less | | | | about celiac disease. This is a disease where more |
| than women. Realize that calcium is a difficult mineral | | | | than 1.5 million people have it and many don't know it. |
| to absorb in your intestinal tract. Taking magnesium | | | | It is a disease where grains (gluten) have destroyed |
| improves your absorption of calcium. Using an ionic | | | | the small intestines ability to absorb nutrients. In |
| form of calcium also improves you changes of | | | | studies, it has been shown that those with severe |
| absorbing more of this mineral. Vitamin B12 reduces | | | | celiac disease also have severe osteoporosis. To |
| osteoporosis There is one other nutrient that you | | | | make your Vitamin B12 absorption worse as you age, |
| should also take to increase your absorption of | | | | you produce less intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is |
| calcium. In a clinical study made at the University of | | | | created in the stomach where is helps you adsorb |
| California, they found that women who had the | | | | more Vitamin B12. Pharmaceuticals block calcium and |
| highest levels of vitamin B12 compared to the ones | | | | encourage osteoporosis Pharmaceuticals of various |
| that had the lowest levels had a significant decrease | | | | kinds, especially acid blocker, can also prevent you |
| in bone loss and bone fractures - reduced | | | | from properly absorbing Vitamin B12. But you can get |
| osteoporosis. In another study done by Tufts | | | | plenty of Vitamin B12 from eggs and meat. So now |
| University, they again found that in 2,500 men and | | | | you can see that it's necessary to supplement with |
| women that high levels of vitamin B12 reduced their | | | | calcium, magnesium, B12, B6, and folic acid to prevent |
| chances of getting osteoporosis. Homocysteine In | | | | or even reduce osteoporosis. Not only do these |
| previous newsletters I had written of the other | | | | supplements help you with osteoporosis, but they |
| serious benefits of Vitamin B12 and the other B | | | | also will reduce the plaque buildup in your artery walls. |