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The calcium "boom" has reached an all time high. The diary industry spends millions of dollars touting the benefits of the calcium rich (and enriched) products. Other foods are marketed as "calcium enriched". We have calcium tablets, calcium chews, calcium drinks, Citrical, Coral Calcium and many more. Most physicians advise female patient s to increase their calcium intake. The common theme here: "take your calcium and you won't get Osteoporosis". We are consuming record amounts of calcium, yet the incidence of Osteoporosis continues to rise, not fall. If calcium alone were the answer to Osteoporosis it likely would have ceased to exist decades ago.

Calcium is an essential element to the proper functioning of the human body. Many of our bodies' processes are calcium dependant. Calcium is one of the main constituents of our skeleton (bones). It would seem logical-take you calcium and you will have strong bone. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. There are approximately 37 factors involved in the process of "bone building". For examples, adequate steroid hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone) also play a key role. The increase incidence of Osteoporosis in post-menopausal women is directly linked to declining hormone levels. Other vitamins, minerals, co-factors and enzymes such as Vitamin D, boron, silicon, and iprifalvones all play a role. You can supplement with calcium "until the cows come home" (no pun intended) but will not effectively build bone without adequate levels of most factors involved. Taking large amounts of calcium while deficient in certain other factors could cause "ectopic" calcium deposition. This means calcium can deposit in such undesirable locations as blood vessels or breast tissue as opposed to bone.

Osteoporosis is the demineralization (removal of calcium) from the bones. Therapy is directed at depositing calcium back into the bone thereby strengthening it. Adequate calcium intake (not excess) and nutrition are key, but hardly the whole answer. Drugs such as Fosomax will typically arrest or reverse bone loss by about 1-2% per year, but with some potentially dangerous side effects. Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) using traditional methods (rubbing crème or gel lint the skin daily) can yield up to a 3-4% reversal in bone loss per year. Research has shown that implantable bioidentical hormone pellets can produce an 8-9% reversal in bone loss per year.

So what is the answer? Eat a healthy, balanced diet ensuring adequate amounts of calcium and magnesium as well as other essential minerals, and supplement if necessary. Exercise regularly! Avoid tobacco, caffeine, and alcohol. Maximize and properly balance your hormone levels using BHRT. A regimen like this will likely prevent, or reverse bone loss (osteoporosis) without the use of dangerous drugs.