Im a vegetarian & eat healthy. Hi Linda, Thank you for all the research you have done on this subject and for answering our questions. 17, no. 2012 Oct;33(10):1277-84. doi: 10.1038/aps.2012.83. Patients who've taken levothyroxine with breakfast showed significa. Curzon study especially interesting to me was This effect seems to reach its optimum when concentrations of Sr at 5 to 10 mg/l with 1 mg/l of F are present in the drinking water for man. As you probably know, fluoride in excess is damaging to teeth and to bone. In all three treatment groups, study participants with above average compliance had significantly greater increases in BMD compared to the losses seen in the two expected-change reference groups. One person wrote in regarding strontium. and recommending this protocol to other men). The CountryLife calcium I was taking, was NOT doing it for me. Alternatively, some foods can interact with . I will be having my next DXA scan in a month, after two years on AlgaeCal Plus and Strontium Boost, and I want to be able to at least have a fairly accurate knowledge of what my BMD is. Hi Lara, Saquinavir. Calcium, however, should be taken with a meal as food increases its absorption rates. Are you currently taking supplemental strontium? It's been compared to calcium in its bone-boosting abilities. Has science and/or the medical field determined whether or not there is a level of strontium not to exceed in the human body? Wnt signaling: Wnt signaling is involved in osteoblast production & activity; strontium triggers Wnt signaling. Physiol Meas. I need more than this because I need more vitamin D3, so I take at least 240 mcg of MK-7 daily. Research conducted using K2 (360 micrograms of the MK-7 form of K2 daily) in individuals with cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease has even indicated removal of calcium deposits from the vasculature. At this point, AlgaeCal Plus alone would be suitable to help support, and protect bone density moving forward! I am a medical writer and have been a member of the AMWA (American Medical Writers Association) and have been writing medical journal articles and medical books for doctors and for the public for 30+ years now, so I am very well educated, and I also work with my husband, but I am not a doctor. Compared to the most conservative estimate for annual bone loss given above, AlgaeCal 1 had a positive mean annualized percent change (MAPC) in BMD of a gain of +1.15%. Osteoblasts: Strontium increases the rate at which these bone-building cells are produced and increases their lifespan The common myth is that strontium supplementation results in larger concentrations of strontium in your bones. I looked at Dr. Mumbys article he also provides no references (and I sure wish he had specified the type of vitamin K2 he is referring to when suggesting a 10 milligram daily dose is MK-4! AlageCal is harvested sustainably as evidenced by IBD and IBAMA / Aquamin is not sustainable as evidenced by their move from Ireland to Iceland for harvesting Postmenopausal women with low bone density are likely to benefit from strontium citrate. I do get MK-7 in the Algae-Cal, should I supplement 50mg more. Let me know how you do. When a combined amino acid compound has been introduced to your NAC arrangement, please also consume it when your stomach is empty, just at another moment of the day than the NAC plan. Ive written quite a bit about BHRT (which I am on and have been on for more than 10 years now) you can read many these articles on Smart Publications website. Strontium measurements were taken at the finger and ankle, representing primarily cortical and trabecular bone, respectively. Also, your answer gives me peace of mind in deciding to half my dose of strontium citrate. People with chronic kidney disease are less able to remove waste and excess water from the blood. You must observe your bodys reactions to anything you do and respect them. many thanks, Sara. 2010 Oct 8;11:229. Regardless, I still think you are correct in suggesting a lower than 680 mg/day dose of strontium citrate may be helpful. You should be consuming at least 600 mg/day of magnesium (from both food and supplements) for the 1,200 mg of calcium. If this happens on an empty stomach with no food present to disperse the highly concentrated vitamins and minerals, the result can be nausea. I have been scared to take Strontium but am now wondering if should, I would be so grateful for your advice and suggestions, Im now almost 70; the maximal human lifespan is currently thought to be ~120 years and my son, who is just graduating from medical school this May (with honors), has had not time to even think about a relationship, much less marriage and children. Epub 2014 Jan 14. Strontium both lowers osteoclast production and activity and increases osteoblast production and activity. Thanks. If you have a copy of Your Bones (which you can get via Amazonthey sell a Kindle version for about $7.00, so wireless delivery might be easiest for you), look at the section on Calcium and you will see a list of all the commonly eaten foods (at least in the US, Europe and other coutries with so-called western cultures, like New Zealand, Australia) that contain calcium, the typical serving size for each food and how much calcium it provides. Once you know this, subtract this amount from 1,500 mg (if you are postmenopausal and not on bio-identical hormone replacement) or 1,200 if you are pre-menopause or postmenopausal and on BHRT. I am currently taking AlgaeCal and Strontium Boost daily, for 2 years now. . AP/SB, as the research shows (3rd study), can turn this around even in postmenopausal women losing at least 2% or more annually. I also take bioidentical estrogen. Hi Alma, What about iron and magnesium regarding strontium? Has any research been done to show the safety of using strontium citrate for years? I am constantly on the lookout for additional information regarding strontium citrate. One capsule gives you 118 mg of strontium and 220 mg of citrate. Please take a look at my post titled Commonly Prescribed Drugs Cause Bone Loss and check any drugs you regularly take to see if they have this adverse side effect (https://blog.algaecal.com/prescription-drugs-that-cause-osteoporosis/). However, Ive been curious about taking calcium microcrystailine hydroxiapetite as a calcium source to increase my BMD .Everything I read is good about this form of calcium, and that it is the closest to the calcium we use to produce bone. I typically give my 75lb boxer a can of sardines once a week and I give it to him all at once. Lis thesis also very nifty I am assuming this was animal research, so results would need to be confirmed in human trials, but his suggestion that calcium will supply nutrition for bone while strontium will display synergistic effects for enhancing bone formation activity and confirmation via the finding that Oral administration of strontium fortified calcium compound significantly increased expression of IGF-I and Runx2 in bone matrix. Ive read several studies that relate a significant increase in advanced breast cancer rates among older women with higher bone density rates; as much as 60% percent!! I am assuming that the new bone at 2 months is the old bone at 60 months or at least some of it is. In other words if your patient shows an increase in bone density after taking strontium supplements, part of that increase may be an overstatement but not all of it. YOUR best solution is highly likely to be around 180 mcg of K2 as MK-7. This emphasizes the value, as antiosteoporotic treatment, of SR, which is safe at the bone mineral level. In articles posted on AlgaeCal.com and in #AskLaras on our AlgaeCal Community, I always provide links to the studies that support what I am saying immediately after the statements made although in checking the post on AlgaeCal.com, I see some of the references I provided have been removed, so only some are given in the links. Are high levels indeed toxic? I am leaning toward taking two of the Low Dose LE K2 rather than accumulate too much of the other K vitamins in my system. My question: does Strontiums effect, in ranelate or citrate form, on osteoblasts and osteoclasts form the inference that fractures are reduced or has this been directly studied or proven perhaps even in the full studies which I have not read yet? AlgaeCal Plus provides this balance, giving you 350 mg of magnesium, and it looks like your multiple also maintains this balance. It took several years for my hair to fill back in. I discuss the research on K2 and the 2 forms available as supplements in Your Bones. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22172139. So you take half the dosage of strontium (1 capsule) Do you still take the full dosage of algae cal plus (4 capsules)? I hope this helps set your mind at ease and that you will be delighted with you upcoming DXA/TBS results. Spector. In this study, 176 women over 40 years of age followed one of three different bone-health programs: Plan 1 used a bone-health supplement with vitamin D3 (800 IU), AlgaeCals plant-sourced form of calcium (720 mg), and vitamin K as MK-4 (1.5 mg) for one year. If you can locate this paper, please do let me know. The citrate portion is both an alkalinizer (so helps prevent an acidic body pH, which promotes calcium withdrawal from bone / bone loss) and is also used in the Krebs cycle (a key part of the energy production cycle in our cells). Your multiple (250 mg) plus AlgaeCal (720 mg) delivers 970 mg. Sounds like you are doing lots of good things for not only your bones, but your health overall. I am asking because I am getting small, itchy red bumps on my skin as well as my ski feeling kind of sun burned and wondering if it could be related to the strontium citrate. I am surprised that Meuiner didnt get back to mehis actual email address is different than the one given in the articles, in fact the one given doesnt even work, luckily I found his actual contact info. They both contain sodium, but when you connect that sodium molecule to another molecule, its actions are completely different! Dont know where you live in Canada, but if anywhere near Vancouver, BC, I will be giving 5 Wellness Series lectures for Factors Group discussing bone health in Vancouver Oct 22-24. Although you can still reap some of . I really want to underscore here the fact that the strontiums beneficial effects on our bones are NOT due to its replacing calcium in our bones! thank you These studies aimed to evaluate using X-ray microanalysis, X-ray diffraction and computerized quantitative contact microradiography: (1) the relative calcium and Sr bone content, (2) the distribution of Sr in compact and cancellous bone, (3) the dose dependence of the deposition of Sr in bone, (4) the interactions between Sr and mineral at the crystal level (in monkeys), (5) the influence of Sr on the mean degree of mineralization of bone tissue and on the distribution of the degree of mineralization of bone tissue, and (6) the bone clearance of Sr over short periods of time (6 and 10 weeks) after cessation of SR administration (monkeys treated for 13 and 52 weeks, respectively). Study protocol for prevention of falls: A randomized controlled trial of effects of vitamin D and exercise on falls prevention.BMC Geriatr. Enjoying a cup of yogurt will be good for you and your bones, unless you are allergic to dairy products, in which case, consuming dairy foods will increase inflammation in your body, and inflammation activates osteoclasts, so not good! Some strontium critics assert that strontium deposits primarily in cortical bone and that somehow translates into reduced bone strength. Is their anyway to keep the bones healthy or even cure Osteasarcoom, as the doctors have said it is uncurable. Since your diet is vegetarian/pescatarian, this should not be an issue for you. Clostridia infection in the U.S. is VERY common back in 2011, at least half a million people were infected with C.difficile, In the U.S., average daily consumption of citrate is around 500 mg/d, so the full 2 capsule dose of adds another 680 mg, enough to make a difference. Servier now had a patentable, exclusive strontium bone drug which was sold beginning in the early 2000s under the trade name ProtelosTM. I stopped taking for a few days& the diarrhea stopped. The other study cited (Korpelainen et al.) Hi Barb wow, thats wonderful! I had a partial esophagectomy/gastrectomy 16 years ago due to esophageal cancer and, therefore, need to get a lot of my nutrients from supplements. Of course, happy to do what I can to be of help, and yes, each of us is our own best advocate, although you are definitely in good hands if you are working with a fully IFM certified functional medicine physician and nutritionist. Vitamin K2 (MK-7) at a dose of 120 mcg/day or even 240 mcg/day is extremely safe. If I might ask your comments on two issues which I have come across, I would be very grateful. The only caveat here is if you are on an older anticoagulant medication, in which case you need to work with your doctor to stablize your INR when taking vitamin K. Is your inflammation under control now that you have eliminated dairy and nightshade vegetables from your diet? My DEXA results were excellent, showing bones in the healthy, normal range, where they have remained, which I credit in large part to taking AlgaeCal Plus, Strontium Boost and, since it became available, Triple Power Omega 3 Fish Oil. I have been taking the 3 capsules at bedtime (2230 mg) which is recommended on the bottle but I also take medications for hypothyroidism. If you feel nauseous, you can take it with a small snack, but if you can wait until an hour after taking it to eat, that's best. Strontium increases your bones ability to absorb calcium, regulates / helps balance the activity of RANKL and OPG, activates Wnt signaling, increases osteoblast production and activity and lifespan, improves osteoblasts mineralization of bone, inhibits osteoclast formation and activity, improves bones mechanical resistance to fracture and more. So it could be that taking the AlgaeCal helps rebalance the magnesium in your body! Thank you. Why? Epub 2016 Jan 14. AlgaeCal Plus provides 1,600 iu of D3 daily, but some of us need more depending upon where we live (latitude impacts our ability to produce vitamin D from sun exposure) and our genetic inheritance, which can greatly affect our ability to maintain healthy levels of vitamin D, which, for 25(OH)D, should be in the range of 50-80 ng/mL. I hope this answers your question and inspires you to try AlgaeCal, which significantly improved my bone density in only 10 months, so I can vouch for it personally, and this is why I am doing what I can to help get the word out about AlgaeCal. It's not known if strontium. These promising results led to 2 human trials, in which results were excellent. Taking a zinc supplement on an empty stomach, though, has been shown to have the side effect of an upset stomach. Epub 2012 Apr 23. My results have been excellent after 10 months of using AlgaeCal as my source of supplemental calcium, I had my DXA run. We have found in the more than 6,000 patients we have now tested in a health promotion project we have been involved in up in Calgary that virtually everyone needs at least 2,000 IU per day, many need 5,000 IU per day or even more.) Perhaps one of our readers will have insights to share with you! Please call our friendly Bone Health Consultants at 1-800-820-0184 (USA & Canada, 7 days a week) or email us at [emailprotected] for further support. I have read your posts to know you are much more aggressive than this. Hi Lara, Note that the COMB study was conducted by Dr. GenUIs (not Genius)I have contacted his office regarding the type of exercise that was used by patients in the study and was surprised to learn that he recommends jumping, running, or jogging (exercises that are typically contraindicated for osteoporotic patients), working up to 300 repetitions. Heres a quote from a paper discussing the differences among readings from different DXA machines: The theoretical values of the strontium ratio were 11.0 for the Hologic Discovery, 9.9 for the GE-Lunar Prodigy, 9.1 for the Demetech Calscan, and 8.5 for the Osteometer Dexacare G4. Howdy! I have also discussed many things that contribute to bone loss that you may not be aware of, and which you can avoid once you know about them. I have found what works is 2 Algae Cal at breakfast, 1 at lunch, and 1 at dinner and all is well. Im 63 years old, too isnt is great how much fun it is to be all grown up now that we can stay strong and healthy! But if strontium is taken at the same time of calcium, our absorption of strontium is reduced to just 15-18% if its taken with calcium. By staggering your intake, you allow both supplements to be absorbed properly and effectively. I had a bone density test done and found out I have low bone density which I know is not good. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. Watch acid/alkali balance. Their reply was with food was preferable. It was impossible to calculate the elemental dosage because they didnt provide the molar-mas of the compound. I know you focus on strontium supplementation but should I be concerned if I have too much strontium? Please feel free to contact our Bone Health Consultants 7 days a week at 1-800-820-0184 (USA & Canada, toll-free) or email [emailprotected] for more information and personalized support! I want to underscore here that this is a competition that calcium always wins, which explains why: Ok, now that you see the differences in the 3 main types of strontium, lets dig into the common misconceptions surrounding this valuable mineral. Rock-based calcium can only slow bone loss. Hope this helps! Here in the US, Your Bones is available in our public libraries. I am very conscientious of my diet and eat very, very few processed foods. I suggest you take a careful look at the labels on the housecleaning and body care products you are using and eliminate any that may be suspect for 4-5 days. Strontium and calcium compete and calcium always wins so to get the most benefit from your strontium, take it at least 2 hours before or after having calcium supplements or foods rich in calcium. Women using HRT were shown to have higher BMD and also greater risk of breast cancer. Ultrasonics. At this point, youre probably wondering. Here is the link: http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/bitstream/2268/7937/1/The%20Effect%20of%20strontium%20ranelate%20on%20the%20risk%20of%20vertebral%20fracture%20in%20women%20with%20postmenopausal%20OP.pdf, Here is his 2002 article which is the one being cited. In regards to your question about strontium being taken as a single dose in the COMB study, this is not unusual. She is 2, so her day is about 13 hours long (awake around 7, asleep around 8 - and she has a bit of a nap after lunch). Supplemental strontium as part of a bone-building program that includes optimal amounts of calcium, magnesium, boron, trace minerals, vitamin D3 and vitamin K2 can help hasten the rebuilding of healthy bones. Strontium ranelate comes with risks of unwanted side effects. But remember, YOUR body may prefer a lesser dose, period. I will look into recommendations for a good endocrinologist in Phoenix. MK-4 requires 15 milligrams 3x daily for efficacy. I know that we take them separately so they wont compete for absorption because calcium will win. I have not added the MCHC to my regimen yet. Pure Encapsulations and AlgaeCal are two brands you can trust, and so are a number of other brands. I use organic extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar for salad dressing. 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