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Bone Health (Calcium/Strontium)

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Bone Health

Product Quantities: 360 Capsules

Product Brand: UltraCeuticals

Bone Health contains calcium that is a mineral essential for many body functions including regulating the heartbeat, conducting nerve impulses, stimulating hormone secretions, assisting in the clotting of blood, and building and maintaining healthy bones. This product also contains vitamins D and K, magnesium, and manganese for maximum benefit. (See below for more information).

Suggested use:

As a dietary supplement, 3 capsules 1-2 times per day as directed by a physician. Do not take calcium products within 2 hours of thyroid medications.

 ** Daily value not established  

 Other ingredients: Gelatin

Question: Every article I've read says to take strontium away from calcium orit
won't be absorbed, yet your Bone Health formula puts them both in the same product. So, which is true? Also, must strontium be taken on an empty stomach and must you wait an  hour to eat? That is what I was told, but a friend was told to take it with food.

Answer: This is an excellent question, but much more complex than it seems.   
There are a few key issues to factor in:

1-Both calcium and strontium are absorbed by the same mechanism in   
the bowels, so there is some competition. It is estimated that one   
will absorb twice as much calcium as strontium when combined.   
Because there are high levels of strontium in Bone Health relative   
to the diet (which has 1-5 mg/day) and too much strontium may   
inhibit bone formation, I am OK with the drop in strontium absorption.
Though the 680 mg/day used in some studies seemed safe   
over the 3 years of follow up, I doubt these very high levels are   
either needed or optimal, and my recommendation over time has been   
to lower the dosing. 

2-A bigger concern is taking high levels of strontium without   
adequate calcium intake. This is the main time the strontium could   
be bone inhibiting. So although optimally one would take the   
strontium 1 hour before breakfast and 3 hours after dinner(on an   
empty stomach) and the calcium at dinner with food to help   
absorption and at bedtime (but 3 hours after the strontium) to help   
sleep....: As you can see,it becomes a full time job juggling this   
and most people would not be able to stay with it or would miss the   
calcium or strontium doses-causing their own problems.

3-Strontium also inhibits calcium absorption by decreasing the   
conversion of 1 type of vitamin D (25 OHD) to another (1,25 OHD). In  
our society, especially in CFS/Fibromyalgia, 1,25 OHD is already too  
high relative to 25 OHD(stimulated by chronic infections) causing an  
immune system imbalance that is problematic. By taking the high dose  
Vit D in the Bone Health with the strontium, one can optimize  Vitamin
D while decreasing excess conversion to 1,25 OHD and still  
maintaining excellent calcium absorption.

Because of this, though a classic approach would be to take   
strontium on an empty stomach away from calcium, in real life this   
is often impractical (Most people are lucky to remember a 1 a day   
birth control pill!). Because of this, I prefer to combine   
everything to be taken morning and night(I prefer this for almost   
all treatments-just put it by your toothbrush) and then to adjust   
the dosing of the individual nutrients in the supplement to   
compensate for this. This makes it simpler, improves compliance, and  
makes it more likely to work in the long run.