Bones
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
calcium,5
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.
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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
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