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Ok I just found out I have osteoporosis, I'm not even 60 yet.
Any other blokes in here with it ?
Any other blokes in here with it ?
Did doctor suggest anything to reverse the condition or at least slow down the bone deterioration?
Heard that weights and any resistance exercises improve bone density.
Also tinned fish with bones is source of easily absorbed calcium.
I have weights in my bedroom but it appears you actually have to lift them, ahh what a bloody inconvenience.
True,
You can attack it from the other end, remove what removes calcium from the body or inhibits absorption:
Alcohol
Coffee
Salt
Vinegar
do some gardening or whatever.
Strangely enough it seems to affect thin people more than fat people. Fat people apparently get more bone density exercise just carrying themselves around.
I have it also but being female it may be a different problem. I have not been making Estrogen for years after an operation.
I had been fighting it with the Gym and weights. Walking is not enough, you need to carry a back pack with weights in it. It is the tugging of your tendons on the bones that make them put down more bone. I gave up on the Gym cos I kept getting injuries but I did put down a bit of bone that year. Especially on my hips
My Dr put me on Boron pills which is sposed to help,people that live in countries with a lot of that mineral in their soil have strong bones.
Funnily enough as I was typing this Mum rang and just heard some Prof from Adelaide on the Health report saying you need 1000gms of Calcium and 800 D. Sitting in the sun does not work as well as our skin thins
Calc citrate is more readily absorbent than others.
My Dr is anti the Pharmaceutical drugs for some reason which I can't remember, I think I would have been on them too long and problems can appear
My wife had osteoporosis which was caused by the long term usage of the drug prednisone for another condition.
Strangely enough it seems to affect thin people more than fat people. Fat people apparently get more bone density exercise just carrying themselves around.
or maybe the fatties eat more dairy food? Women usually get a wrist xray in their mid-late forties to see how the bones are going. Not the Vitamin D check. Think the xrays might be the way to go fellas!
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The main source of vitamin D for Australians is exposure to sunlight. Thus, levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, the indicator of vitamin D status, vary according to the season and are lower at the end of winter.
In Australia and New Zealand, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency varies, but is acknowledged to be much higher than previously thought. One study found marginal deficiency in 23% of women, and another frank deficiency in 80% of dark-skinned and veiled women. The groups at greatest risk of vitamin D deficiency in Australia are dark-skinned and veiled women (particularly in pregnancy), their infants, and older persons living in residential care.
Only a few foods (eg, fish with a high fat content) contain significant amounts of vitamin D. In Australia, margarine and some milk and milk products are currently fortified with vitamin D.
The average estimated dietary intake of vitamin D for men is 2.6–3.0 µg/day and for women is 2.0–2.2 µg/day. The estimated dietary requirement of vitamin D is at least 5.0 µg/day and may be higher for older people.
Adequate intake of vitamin D is unlikely to be achieved through dietary means, particularly in the groups at greatest risk, although vitamin D-fortified foods may assist in maintaining vitamin D status in the general population.
An appropriate health message for vitamin D needs to balance the need for sunshine against the risk of skin cancer.
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