bone health vitamins
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Are Your Bones Getting Enough Vitamin D in Winter?
There's little doubt: Vitamin D is vital to bones and the immune system, and most adults don't produce or consume enough Vitamin D in the winter months. Amazingly, estimates of vitamin D deficiency in the United States are currently 25-50% for adults (1)! But why? Has this always been a...
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The Power of Vitamin K2 for Bones
Since the day you were born, you've come into contact with Vitamin K. Traditionally, since it was discovered in 1929, vitamin K's main function in human health was thought to be blood clotting (1). This is the main function of vitamin K1. But more recently, experts have found another form...
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Before You Throw Out Your Multivitamin, Read This….
Headlines are reporting that multivitamins are a waste of money. That may be true – but not because we don’t need to supplement when we have a dietary deficiency. Rather, because many multivitamins contain too little or too much of the nutrients, plus plant extracts and other totally unnecessary ingredients.
Rather than blasting all multivitamins, people should take a careful look at what they are consuming.
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Potassium Not Needed In Bone Health Supplements
Most people get enough potassium in their diets to support bone health without needing to supplement. Additional health risks confirm that potassium should most likely be left out of bone health supplements.
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Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis – Closer Than You May Think
Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis are sometimes confused because of the similarity in name but they are different conditions. Osteoporosis refers to weakening of bone while osteoarthritis refers to wearing away of the joint surface. But they do have more in common than you may think: loss of bone support from osteoporosis may cause osteoarthritis of the joint surface.
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