Naturopathic Physician, Author, Educator and Researcher
Posted in Bone Health, Bone Loss, Calcium, Nutrition, Osteoarthtritis, Prevention on May 22nd, 2013
A great deal of confusion has been stirred up in the last few months about the potential harm of too much calcium intake. As is often the case, there are studies that reveal conflicting results. Examples of this include the following summaries: 1) Calcium from food does not appear to raise the risk of cardiovascular […]
Posted in Bone Health, Calcium, Cardiovascular, Dietary Supplements, Prevention on Jul 31st, 2012
This paper was a retrospective analysis of data from 2710 men and 1143 women which included 626 postmenopausal women and overall, an average age of 30 or older in Seoul, South Korea. None of the study subjects were taking a calcium supplement and a 24 hour dietary recall was used to assess calcium intake. Women […]
Posted in Bone Health, Botanicals, Green Tea, Prevention on May 31st, 2012
Postmenopausal women with low bone density (osteopenia) but not osteoporosis were given green tea supplements for 6 months. A total of 171 women participated in the study in which there were four groups. Women in the placebo group and the placebo plus Tai chi groups received a total of 500 mg of a placebo per […]
Posted in Bone Health, Calcium, Dietary Supplements on Aug 29th, 2011
Many women think that if a certain amount of calcium is good for the bones than even more is better. A large longitudinal and prospective cohort study from Sweden recently showed that consuming more than 700 mg of calcium per day in women older than 63, did not further reduce the risk for fracture or […]
Posted in Bone Health, Prevention, Vitamin D on Jan 10th, 2011
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently released their assessment of current data on health outcomes as they related to calcium and vitamin D after being commissioned by the U.S. and Canadian governments. The new reference values, expressed Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs), are based on an abundance of information and higher quality published studies than were […]
Posted in Botanicals, General, Osteoarthtritis on Sep 29th, 2010
One-hundred and seven patients with primary osteoarthritis of the knee were studied and included those with knee pain on a scale of at least a 5-10 in intensity, radiographic osteophytes and at least one of the following features: > age 50, morning stiffness < 30 minutes in duration and crepitus on motion. The majority of […]
Posted in Bone Health, Osteoarthtritis on Nov 30th, 2009
I have recently been introduced to a new product, shea nut extract, for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Shea nuts have been used in food and Traditional African Medicine for generations, in West Africa in particular. A Danish company has developed a method to greatly concentrate and enhance the triterpenes found in shea nut, yielding a […]
Posted in Bone Health, General, Menopause, Phytoestrogen, Soy on Mar 18th, 2009
The potential for soy protein or soy isoflavones to alter bone metabolism and bone resorption is currently contradictory and inconclusive. The lack of agreement in the literature is thought to be related to variations in study design. These variations in study design include differences in the dosage and form of soy products studied, (i.e. soy […]
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