Jarrow Formulas BoneUp - 240 Capsules - 120 Servings - For Bone Support & Skeletal Nutrition - Includes Naturally Derived Vitamin D3, K2 (as MK-7)...

None up has strengthened my bones as per my latest dexascan.

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I am a 21 year breast cancer survivor aged 55. (Praise God for that!) I had surgery, chemo, radiation, and Tamoxifen before menopause, which apparently can weaken your bones. My parents both had osteopenia, and a sister, who is one year older, did as well. I thought I would be different because I had a very healthy diet, full of broccoli, spinach, and other vegetables, dairy products, proteins, and got regular strength training 3-5 days a week, paying attention to lifting heavier weight which would fatigue in 8-12 reps- and also jogged or did Zumba. I am a fitness instructor and I had been teaching 15 classes a week before all the Covid shutdowns. I also got sunlight exposure frequently because I love gardening and the outdoors. I am on the lighter side though at 113lbs which is another risk factor for bone loss. Two years ago at age 53, I had my first bone density scan though and discovered I had osteoporosis. I was shocked. My one year older sister who had osteopenia didn't do ANY exercise, she drank Dr. Peppers all day-literally- and hated being outdoors so had little sun exposure for Vitamin D. She did not take any supplements. It was suggested I speak to my primary care doctor about taking a medicine to help, but I did some research and felt these type medicines are not all they are hyped to be, and actually have dangerous side effects such as osteonecrosis of the jaw, and may even make bones more brittle and dried up with extended use. It was dismaying to find out my diagnosis because I felt I was already doing all of the right things to preserve and protect my bones! Perhaps the cancer treatments, combined with hereditary tendencies, and a lighter body weight were the causes? After some reading, I added thisBone-up supplement which I took regularly 2 capsules breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the last two years. I had been using 2000iu Vitamin D3 during the winter, and also occasionally on cloudy days in summer previously, but I changed it to every day when I got the diagnosis of osteoporosis. I feel the increased D3 and particularly this Bone-Up have made a difference!! I am so happy to see my scores have improved. I do keep an eye on my Vitamin D levels in my blood work, and it is within the normal range. I would recommend the books , "Your Bones: How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis and Have Strong Bones for LifeNaturally" by Lara Pizzorno, and "Dr. Lani's No-Nonsense Bone Health Guide: The Truth About Density Testing, Osteoporosis Drugs, and building bone quality at any age" by Lani Simpson. They are good resources to learn more and be better informed about all aspects of this issue, including understanding testing and nutritional aspects.

As calcium supplements go, this one is the most well-rounded, complete, and easy-to-swallow calcium I have ever come across. It does have one downside, and I'll get it out of the way first: you have to take 6 pills per day and you can't take all 6 together, you have to space them. You take 2 with each meal. But, considering the benefits, it's well worth the inconvenience. --Not only is it not one of those bullet sized hard pills, it's in capsule form. --It contains a form a calcium that is good for your bones, but affects your blood calcium levels to a lesser extent than other forms of calciums. If you keep your blood calcium levels controlled, you're less likely to get calcifications in your arteries as time goes by. --It contains nutrients that help preserve or promote bone growth such as the often overlooked manganese and boron which I never had in other calcium supplements. --It contains 1,000 mg of D-3 (iff, like me, you're supposed to have 5,000 per day, you need to supplement the difference with D-3 supplements). --It contains many other accompanying and bone supporting supplements such as magnesium, vitamin c, zinc, copper, and a relatively low dose of vitamin MK-7 a form of vitamin K that is particularly helpful for bones. If you take coumadin (warfarin) this cancels out the benefits of the vitamins but it should not cause a problem with other blood thinners. Since all I take is 1 baby aspirin, the MK-7 doesn't interact. My husband takes Eliquis and, supposedly, there is no problem there either. I am so impressed with this product that I have subscribed to it and ZeeBooth automatically delivers it to me so I never run out.

I have mild osteoporosis, and my doctor has prescribed that I take at least 1200 mg of calcium per day. She also wants to see me taking at least 800 IU of vitamin D along with it. However, I have been aware for some time that other minerals are instrumental in maintaining bone health. Magnesium is an important mineral that most people are deficient in, and without magnesium, calcium is not properly absorbed. Vitamin K is also needed in small quantities for bone health, along with zinc and boron. Phosphorus is a very important mineral associated with bone mineralization, but it is so abundant in the foods we eat that it is not necessary to supplement it. A quick study of essential minerals for bone health on the Internet has confirmed these findings to me. Common knowledge would have it that calcium citrate as well as other formations of calcium are superior to calcium carbonate, but studies published on the Internet tell me that this is not necessarily true. For most people, all forms of calcium are metabolized OK. From reading other peoples commentaries, it seems that people take calcium for many different reasons, and have different reactions to the calcium they take. In general, the body will not absorb more than 500 mg of calcium in one dose. So, when taking doses of calcium, it is well to split it into several doses per day, taken with food. Most adults only require 1000 mg of calcium per day, but aging women need at least 1200 mg of calcium per day. Magnesium is dosed at about one half the number of milligrams of calcium that you take. So if you take 500 mg of calcium, it should be accompanied by vitamin D as well as 250 mg of magnesium. Vitamin K and the other micronutrients are well to have combined with your calcium supplement if you are taking it for bone health. While I am on the subject of osteoporosis, although it is prevalent in women, men also get it. If you are a man, I would suggest that you have yourself tested for bone density from time to time, especially if you suffer from spinal pain. I have one male friend who developed osteoporosis at a young age: 35 years old. My father suffered greatly from bone disintegration in his spine during his old-age, and when it was too late to do anything about it, it was found that he had osteoporosis. With this in mind, I picked out four different cocktails of calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D from what ZeeBooth had to offer, and in this review I will discuss the pros and cons of each one. Nature Made brand has a supplement called Calcium Magnesium Zinc with Vitamin D in a jar containing 300 tablets. This bottle costed $16.95. I would require 4 tablets per day to get sufficient calcium for my osteoporosis, making the cost per day of this supplement to be $.23. The serving size for calcium is 333 mg per tablet, which is within the recommended dose for adequate absorption. The ratio of calcium to magnesium is less than 2:1, so there is less magnesium per tablet then I would like to see. Each tablet also contains 200 IU of vitamin D3, so if I took four of these I would receive 800 IU of vitamin D, which is just what the doctor ordered. As far as composition goes, the calcium is in carbonate form, the magnesium is in oxide form, and in addition there is 5 mg of zinc sulfate. Magnesium and calcium are both VERY bulky minerals. That is why there is not a sufficient amount of these minerals in your daily vitamin. You have a choice: in order to get enough of these minerals you need to either take several very large tablets daily, or lots of little ones. Nature Made opted for offering their supplement in very large tablets, which would result in doses that are hard to swallow. I would rate this supplement as being sort of average. It does not offer extra micronutrients, and the calcium and magnesium are in their cheapest forms. It would certainly be adequate as a daily supplement, but you would have to choke down the large pills, and live without the extra bells and whistles that some of the other brands might provide. Country Life brand has a supplement called Calcium Magnesium Complex in a 90 tablet bottle. This costs $7. To achieve my target of 1200 mg of calcium per day I would need to take three tablets, making the cost per day out to be $.23 per day. Country Life also chose to compound their supplement into a small number of large tablets per day. One tablet provides 500 mg of calcium, which is within the limit that your body can absorb in one meal, and the calcium is in the form of hydroxyapatite, citrate, aspertate, and a couple of less common compounds. It also contains phosphorus, which is unnecessary, and magnesium in the form of oxide, citrate, taurinate, and a couple of other compounds. There is no vitamin D included, so an additional vitamin D supplement would need to be taken at the same time. There are no micronutrients in the supplement, which may or may not be a good thing. Micronutrients in the form of minerals can pile up in your system if...