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Bone Density Test
Hi B & Team,
I did a bone density test a month ago and it’s a bit abnormal. Kindly see the attachment.
My primary care suggesting I take alendronate 70mg once per week.
I prefer to do natural to boost my bone’s health. Any suggestions kindly let me know.
Thanks
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Hey ,
I’m so sorry to hear! Fortunately, there are things you can do. For starters, did your doctors measure your serum vitamin D levels? If they didn’t, ask them! Vitamin D is important for calcium metabolism and bone density.
Other vitamins and minerals that are important are vitamin K2 (which brings calcium to the bones!) and magnesium (which is a building block for bones, just like calcium).
I honestly don’t know your age, but female sex hormones play an important role in bone density. If you know that your female hormone balance is changing: Hydrolyzed collagen has been shown to improve bone mineral density in perimenopausal women.
Getting the nutrients in your body is important, but telling the body it needs strong bones is just as important. Exercise will do that. My preference is some form of strength training. The stress from the weights on the bones and tendons will tell the body it needs strong bones. As a result bone density can improve naturally!
I hope this will help you improve your bone density. Let us know if you need more help!
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I would encourage you to watch the section on Calcium inside the Mineral Balance course. Start with this video here and watch the remaining videos on calcium to better understand how to support bone health and the minerals and hormones at play.
You could also listen to the session we had with Dr. Manjari where she explained which homeopathic cell salt she gives her elder parents for bone support towards the end. It’s something else to consider.
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Hi Daniel,
Thank a lot for the info.
I am 56. I was taking magnesium and D3. Will order and start K2 ASAP. I exercise Monday-Friday mostly lifting my body weight. Will start some strength training exercises.With Health and Gratitude
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Hi B and Team,
Here’s a recent copy of my Vitamin D levels.
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Hey ,
Thank you for sharing these labs. The good news is that your vitamin D levels look pretty well! Looking at these other lab values, I’m becoming more curious.
At the moment of blood draw, did you have any symptoms? Your white blood cell count looks low, which could indicate your body was dealing with something.
In these labs, your hemoglobin levels are low as well making oxygen transport harder. This could be caused by an iron deficiency for example. We need good cellular energy production for all cells to perform optimally. But iron is also an important mineral for the synthesis of type 1 collagen (some of the enzymes that help build collagen, like prolyl-4-hydroxylase and lysyl-hydroxylase, require iron. This article goes in-depth about the relationship between iron and bone density).
Another reason why your hemoglobin could be low is that the amount of red blood cells is also at the lower end of the reference range. Just like white blood cells, red blood cells need certain nutrients to be built. Vitamin D, zinc, magnesium, vitamin B12, folate and vitamin A are key nutrients that are needed to produce red and white blood cells.
Many pearls coming from these labs!
Did your doctor measure your iron markers as well (for example, did he measure your iron, ferritin and transferrin)? And have your vitamin B12 and folate levels also been measured?
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