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Osteoporosis (Treatment)
Nutrition in the Treatment of Osteoporosis (Calcium, Vitamin D, Vitamin K)
September 28th, 1998
According to an abstract submitted by the author to the European Congress on Osteoporosis, held September 11-15, 1998, in Berlin, Germany, "Like hormonal deficiency and sedentary lifestyle, nutritional deficiencies are important determinants of bone loss and represent correctable risk factors of fragility fractures. This is true at any age but particularly in elderly people where adequate intakes of calcium (1,000-1,500 mg/day), vitamin D (400-800 IU/day), and vitamin K are important for the preservation of bone mass. Calcium functions as a threshold nutrient. This means that below some critical value -- about 600 mg/day -- bone mass will be limited by available calcium supplies,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1998-09-28)
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