Vitamins and minerals for Osteoporosis
Information on osteoporosis supplements
- Vitamins overview
- An overview of Vitamin D
- Intake of Vitamin D
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There are many companies that offer miracle cures for osteoporosis. This aim of this page is to guide you in buying the correct minerals and vitamins (such as calcium and vitamain D) for you and not to be conned by some miracle cure.
It will list all the vitamins that have been proven to have a beneficial effect on osteoporosis and a recommend dose will be given so that you know what to pick up from your local shop.
Vitamin D
As the body is able to use UV rays into vitamin D through synthesis, most people are able to obtain significant anounts through exposure to sunlight for a period of 15 to 20 minutes. If you are in an unfortunate case where you are unable to get access to sunlight then vitamin D can be sourced from foods such as fortified milk or by eating fish; or cod liver oil.
There has been many scientific reports that link the use of vitamin D with calcium regulation in the bone. It is widely reported that vitamin D has a positive role to play in the fight against osteoporosis; it is recommended that people who can not get the RDA of 400 to 800 ID of vitamin D from other sources should take take supplements.