osteoporosis Archives

There is confusion out there about vitamin D in health and disease. In other words, I thought it would be useful to review some basics about vitamin D and how it can help you to benefit from it. Last year an overview about this topic was published. Notably, a lack of vitamin D causes

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May 06, 2020

by Ray Schilling

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atopic dermatitis, better control of asthma, lack of vitamin D, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, respiratory syncytial virus, rickets in children, vitamin D, vitamin d deficiency, vitamin d supplementation

Recently the British Medical Journal described the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet on the gut flora. It was a one-year study where 612 elderly people from the Netherlands, France, Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom were observed. That is to say, 323 of them consumed a

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March 11, 2020

by Ray Schilling

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beneficial bacterial strains, fish, fruit and vegetables, gut flora, gut microbiome, inflammatory markers, legumes, mediterranean diet, nuts, olive oil

Research from the Netherlands showed in 2015 that vitamin K2 improves arterial elasticity, if taken over 3 years. The researchers measured carotid artery elasticity with Doppler ultrasound. They examined various parameters. 244 postmenopausal women were part of a placebo group or a vi

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August 02, 2017

by Ray Schilling

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arterial walls, bone matrix, calcification of arteries, calcium, cardiac output, cerebral palsy patients, osteoporosis, spontaneous fractures, vitamin D3, vitamin K2

Dr. Mitchell Fleisher explained that good nutrition can manage chronic inflammation. He presented his talk at the 24th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (Dec. 9-11, 2016) in Las Vegas that I attended. It was entitled “Effective Anti-Aging Nutritional Management of Chronic I

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March 08, 2017

by Ray Schilling

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chronic inflammation, crohn’s disease, diabetes, free radicals, good nutrition, heart attack, integrative medicine, ionizing radiation, osteoporosis, ros production

A new study from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) found that an alternate Mediterranean diet prevents fractures. A total of 93,676 women were enrolled in the WHI study. They were between 50 and 79 years old. Recruitment into the study took place between October 1, 1993 to December

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April 27, 2016

by Ray Schilling

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alternate mediterranean diet, bone metabolism, calcium, fractures, hip fractures, mediterranean diet, osteoporosis, regular exercise, vitamin D3, vitamin K2

Introduction This article is about the fact that melatonin helps bone density. You may have heard about melatonin as a sleep aid. Melatonin is a natural hormone of the pineal gland, but by the age of 50 the secretion is only 5 to 10% from what it was when we were 10 years old. A new s

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November 11, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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BMI, body fat, bone density, insomnia, melatonin, muscle mass, neck and femur, overweight, postmenopausal women, weight loss

Introduction Vitamin K2 (=menaquinone-7 or MK-7) is essential for the prevention of osteoporosis. At the same time it is also necessary for prevention of hardening of arteries. But a new study from April 2015 from the Maastricht University in the Netherlands has found that flexibility

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July 29, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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arterial flexibility, bone fractures, carotid intimal thickening, hardening of arteries, heart attacks, osteoporosis, postmenopausal women, resveratrol, strokes, vitamin K2

An interesting study from the Aarhus University in Denmark showed that high dose resveratrol could increase bone density significantly in only 16 weeks. The results were published on Oct. 16, 2014 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 66 middle-aged obese men with

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June 10, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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bone mineral density, calcium, estradiol, ldh, lumbar spine, magnesium, resveratrol, testosterone, vitamin D3, vitamin K2

This article is about the fact that calcium supplementation reduces mortality. Notably, a study in the American Journal of Nutrition (August 2014) looked at the effect of calcium intake in diabetics. To clarify, it also looked at their risk to develop heart disease. They failed to s

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March 25, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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atherosclerotic plaque, calcium intake, calcium supplementation, food questionnaires, heart disease, heart vessels, osteoporosis, vitamin D3, vitamin K2

Introduction In August 2014 the journal “Osteoporosis International” published a report from a trial where researchers compared two groups of patients. One group consumed high doses of vitamin E. The other group only had low doses of vitamin E in their food intake. The investigators

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February 02, 2015

by Ray Schilling

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antioxidant, community-based Norwegian studies, hip fracture, osteoporosis, oxidative stress, vitamin e

Vitamin D in Health and Disease

Beneficial Effects of The Mediterranean Diet on The Gut Flora

Vitamin K2 Improves Arterial Elasticity

Good Nutrition Can Manage Chronic Inflammation

Mediterranean Diet Prevents Fractures

Melatonin Helps Bone Density

Vitamin K2 For Your Arteries

Resveratrol Improves Bone Density

Calcium Supplementation Reduces Mortality

Vitamin E Prevents Hip Fractures

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