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Osteoporosis is a progressive
loss of bone density and is often called the "silent
killer" because it can go undetected until it is severe and
fractures begin to occur.1
Bone is a living, growing
tissue. Throughout your lifetime, old bone is removed (resorption)
and new bone is added to the skeleton (formation). During
childhood and teenage years, new bone is added faster than old
bone is removed. As a result, bones become larger,
heavier, and denser. Bone formation continues at a pace
faster than resorption until peak bone mass (maximum bone
density and strength) is reached around age 30. After age 30,
bone resorption slowly begins to exceed bone formation.
Bone loss is most rapid in the first few years after menopause
but persists into the postmenopausal years.2
Osteoporosis develops when bone
resorption occurs too quickly or if replacement occurs too
slowly. Osteoporosis is more likely to develop if you did
not reach optimal bone mass during your bone building years.3
The biggest cause of
osteoporosis is an insufficient dietary amount of calcium.4
When the body doesn't get the proper amount of calcium from our
diet into the bloodstream, the bones surrender calcium to
maintain the amounts needed in the blood for other bodily
functions. Increased amounts of phosphorus from sources such as
carbonated beverages, fast foods, and preservatives can
contribute to calcium deficiency by lowering available blood
calcium. Surveys show few people consume the necessary amounts
of bone building nutrients in their diet.
The Greatest Vitamin in the
World has not only included the most absorbable form of
chelated calcium5,
we have also decided to include
Ipriflavone into our formula. Ipriflavone is known to assist the
body in maintaining bone density with post menopausal women who
already have low bone density levels.6 Ipriflavone is
found in natural foods but only in trace amounts. The research
is strong and that's why we made the decision to add this into
our formula. Ipriflavone now has clinical support that shows it
actually assist the body in increasing bone density, and is
considered to be the most promising nutrient for the management
of bone health.7 Here is the results of three of the
many double blind placebo controlled studies on this great
nutrient.8,9,10
The studies were performed with
a special form of ipriflavone trade named "Ostivone".
The Greatest Vitamin in the World does not skimp on
putting a inferior form of ipriflavone in the formula.
Make sure when you look for an ipriflavone product "Ostivone"
is on the label.
New research out also shows that
Conjugated Linoleic Acid "CLA", like the form we have
in our formula, helps improve bone biology according to a study
published by the Journal of the American College of Nutrition in
2000.11
With the loss of bone density
being such a silent killer in our country, please make sure that
your diet supports the body's ability to minimize the loss of
bone density as you age. The time to prevent serious fractures is
prior to the years when bone density loss occurs. As you educate
yourself about your health and the critical importance of giving
the body the proper vitamins and micronutrients it needs, you
start to look at daily nutrients as a necessary and important
way of life.
This article courtesy of John Trout - www.vitamin4body.com
1. http://www.nof.org/
(National Osteoporosis Foundation)
2. http://www.osteoporosis-treatment.net/
3. Ibid.
4. http://www.nof.org/
5. Ashmead, H. DeWayne. THe Metabolism of Amino Acid Chelates.
Albion Laboratories, Inc. Clearfield, UT. p.10.
6. Gennari C, Agnusdei D, Crepaldi G, et al. Menopause
1998;5:9-15.
7. Head KA. Ipriflavone: an important bone-building isoflavone.
Altern Med Rev 1999;4:10–22
8. Nozaki M, Hashimoto K, Inoue Y, et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet
1998; 62:69-75.
9. Gennari C., et al.
10. Gambacciani M, Ciaponi M, Cappagli B, et al. Maturitas
1997;28:75-81.
11. Watkins, Bruce A., Seifert, Mark F.. Journal of the American
College of Nutrition, Vol. 19, No. 4, 478S-486S (2000). |
