Osteoporosis and Bone Health

Vitamin D and Limb Strength
Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter Autumn 2015 Vitamin D supplementation significantly increases upper and lower limb strength, a review of seven trials has found. Previous research on vitamin D has focused on supplementation and muscle strength in frail, deficient, and elderly women. This latest review – compiled by researchers at Queen Mary University of London – was the first systematic summary of the impact on muscle strength in young, healthy individuals and included data from 310 adults with an average age of between 21.5 and 31.5 years. The seven trials,... Read more...
Osteoporosis – Vitamin K is Critical
The critical involvement of vitamin K in calcium balance has been known for some time in clinical science. But it is still largely ignored by a medical profession that remains mired in pharmaceutical thinking. A well-conducted meta-analysis has been reported in a respected journal. It has shifted the debate forward to the point where we can no longer continue to ignore the ‘forgotten vitamin’. In this new study, the authors could hardly have stated their case any more strongly. They stated that ‘Increased intake of vitamin K, both from diet... Read more...
Bone Fracture Risk Reduced with Vitamin D
Bone health is a growing concern. In Europe, osteoporosis causes around 1.1 million fractures each year, and our increasingly elderly population suggests that these figures will worsen in the future. The widespread use of calcium supplements has been almost totally ineffective, so we urgently need to look for more effective forms of bone protection. A group of important new studies points the way forward. In one worrying piece of research (Gallacher et al ’05), an analysis of hip fracture patients admitted to hospital in Glasgow found that 97.8% of them... Read more...