Diagnosis and treatment of osteopenia – Holick 2010

A good sign of low vitamin D is when 2 out of 3 bones hurt when pressed
   (breastbone, left shin, right shin)
Want to catch and stop or reverse Osteopenia before it becomes Osteoporosis
It is very difficult (impossible?) to reverse Osteoporosis - by then too many "bone bridges" are gone
Magnesium is removed by water softeners

• "Soft water" is free from dissolved salts of such metals as calcium, iron, or magnesium, which form insoluble deposits such as appear as scale in boilers or soap curds in bathtubs and laundry equipment.
• "A typical residential ion-exchange water softener softens hard water by exchanging calcium and magnesium for sodium"
  • A quick search of the web was unable to find how much Magnesium is removed: 50%, 80 %, 90%?
• Reverse osmosis removes 93-99% of all Magnesium and Calcium

Building bone takes more than just Vitamin D

• Adding just vitamin D again failed to add bone density (also need Magnesium, Vitamin K, etc) – RCT Aug 2018
• Healthy bones need: Calcium, Vitamin D, Magnesium, Silicon, Vitamin K, and Boron – 2012
• Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium, etc increase bone density when taking together– Jan 2012
• Vitamin K and bone – review Oct 2017
• Bone formation in the lab is aided by Vitamin D, Vitamin K1, and Vitamin K2 – meta-analysis Nov 2017
• Bone density improved with resveratrol (which improves Vitamin D Receptor) – RCT Sept 2018

Supplementing

• 4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018
• Bulk supplementation of Vitamin D, Magnesium, Zinc, B-12, K2, Boron etc. - lower cost and easier than pills - and Resveratrol
  • Founder of VitaminDWiki currently take no pills - all bulk powder, <50 cents per day
• Consider restoring the Vitamin D levels in days, not months
  • Can immediate start building bone with Magnesium, Boron, etc. without having to wait for months for the Vitamin D levels to get > 30 ng

Magnesium and Vitamin D contains the following summary

• Overview Magnesium and vitamin D
• Longevity experts take Vitamin D, Omega-3, and Magnesium - Patrick video Sept 2023
• The ONE Supplement All Longevity Experts Are Taking (Magnesium) - video and transcript Dec 2023
• Magnesium deficiency – causes and symptoms – May 2016
• Magnesium Depletion Score predicts increased risk of various health problems
• Vitamins and Metals needed by the Immune System – Jan 2020
• Magnesium: intake decreased, difficult to measure in body – Sept 2018
• Magnesium deficiency estimated by just 6 Yes No questions - Dec 2019
• Magnesium fights diabetes (yet again)– meta-analysis Nov 2021
• Magnesium in Healthcare (Rickets, Stones, Pregnancy, Depression, etc.) with level of evidence – Sept 2017
• Magnesium is great for health, topical much faster than oral, MgCl2 is the best – 2019
• Magnesium is important for health but levels are low – July 2018
• How to get lots of Magnesium – especially needed for Coimbra MS and Autoimmune Protocol
• Magnesium etc. reduced in crops (must supplement) – 2009

Mg and Vitamin D

• Intracellular Magnesium and Vitamin D - a few studies
• Vitamin D and Magnesium need each other - many studies
• Why Vitamin D is Useless without This Critical Nutrient (Magnesium) - Jan 2019
• 500 mg of Magnesium for 8 weeks increased Vitamin D by 4 ng – July 2020
• Magnesium and Vitamin D - pre-colon cancer – RCT Dec 2018
• Magnesium is vital to Vitamin D in 4 places (maybe 8) – March 2018
• Magnesium and Vitamin D – recent deficiencies, needed, synergistic - good overview 2017
• Vitamin D Cofactors in a nutshell
• Magnesium and Vitamin D - similar, different and synergistic

Magnesium topics gathered on a page

• Vitamin D, Omega-3, and Magnesium are synergistic - many studies
• Magnesium and Cancer - many studies
• Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Magnesium - many studies
• Low Magnesium associated with severe COVID – many studies
• Calcium to Magnesium Ratio - many studies
• Magnesium Role in Health and Longevity - many studies
• Magnesium reduces pain - many studies
• Vitamin D and Magnesium need each other - many studies
• Pregnancy helped by Magnesium - many studies

Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D contains the following summary

• FACT: Bones need Calcium (this has been known for a very long time)
• FACT: Vitamin D improves Calcium bioavailability (3X ?)
• FACT: Should not take > 750 mg of Calcium if taking lots of vitamin D (Calcium becomes too bio-available)
• FACT: Adding vitamin D via Sun, UV, or supplements increased vitamin D in the blood
• FACT: Vitamin D supplements are very low cost
• FACT: Many trials, studies. reviews, and meta-analysis agree: adding vitamin D reduces osteoporosis
• FACT: Toxic level of vitamin D is about 4X higher than the amount needed to reduce osteoporosis
• FACT: Co-factors help build bones.
• FACT: Vitamin D Receptor can restrict Vitamin D from getting to many tissues, such as bones
• It appears that to TREAT Osteoporosis:
•        Calcium OR vitamin D is ok
•        Calcium + vitamin D is good
•        Calcium + vitamin D + other co-factors is great
•        Low-cost Vitamin D Receptor activators sometimes may be helpful
• CONCLUSION: To PREVENT many diseases, including Osteoporosis, as well as TREAT Osteoporosis
• Category Osteoporosis has 219 items
• Category Bone Health has 312 items

Note: Osteoporosis causes bones to become fragile and prone to fracture
  Osteoarthritis is a disease where damage occurs to the joints at the end of the bones

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