Osteoporosis has no symptoms until a bone breaks

Osteoporosis has no symptoms until a bone breaks, but workshop focuses on prevention and treatment May 2019

• “Half of all women and every fifth man over the age of 50 are at risk for osteoporosis”
• “After the first one (fracture), you have five times the risk of another. With two or more, there’s 12 times the risk. It’s like a domino effect...”
• “While calcium supplements are widely available, they’re increasingly linked to side effects such as kidney stones, gas, constipation, high blood pressure and heart disease”
• “The key is to balance your calcium intake with your phosphorus intake, which is two to four times too high for most Americans”
  • “Meat and dairy, which are high in phosphorus, should be limited. Instead. recipes should emphasize green leafy vegetables, beans and stews, fruits, seeds and nuts”

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No, there are symptoms and there are ways to prevent fractures as well as falling

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 190 items
• Category Bone Health has 269 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

Osteoporosis category includes the following

• 190 items in category - see also Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D
• Overview Fractures and vitamin D
• Bone - Health 269 items
• Search BMD OR Bone Mineral Density 3250 results as of July 2020
• Search Vitamin D Life for OSTEOPENIA 1740 items as of July 2020

Pages in BOTH the categories Osteoporosis and Meta-analysis

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Falls and Fractures category contains the following summary

• 219 items in FALLS and FRACTURES
• see also Overview Seniors and Vitamin D
• Overview Fractures and Falls and Vitamin D
• Deaths due to falls doubled in just a decade (age-adjusted, perhaps decreased vitamin D) – June 2019
• Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Vitamin D combination is the best - JAMA Meta-analysis Nov 2017
• Falls cut in half by 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly - RCT 2016
• Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis Feb 2015
• Vitamin D and fractures – 24 meta-analyses and counting – Dec 2014

Hip fracture

• Search Vitamin D Life for "HIP FRACTURE" 191 items not in PDF as of July 2020
• A call to action: Vitamin D for hip fracture – Holick July 2020
• Risk factors for death after hip fracture surgery – 7 of the 8 are associated with low vitamin D – Aug 2020
• 3.5 X higher risk of death 2 years after hip fracture surgery if low vitamin D – Jan 2020
• Hip fracture recovery best with home exercise plus Vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
• Hip fracture 58 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
• Fracture risk 40 percent higher risk if low Vitamin D - June 2019
• 1 in 3 died after hip fracture but only 1 in 14 if add Vitamin D and exercise – RCT April 2017

Items in both categories Falls and Fractures and Meta-analysis are listed here:

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• Many seniors do not get enough protein, Vitamin D, Mg, etc. needed for bones – Feb 2019
• Diagnosis and treatment of osteopenia – Holick 2010
  • Other there is bone pain in the body previous to a bone fracture
• Vitamin K (any amount and any kind) reduced bone fractures by 24 percent – meta-analysis – May 2019
• Bone formation in the lab is aided by Vitamin D, Vitamin K1, and Vitamin K2 – meta-analysis Nov 2017
• Solar and nutritional Osteomalacia (soft bones at all stages of life) – Jan 2019
• Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019