Foods and Nutrients That Help and Hurt Bone Health

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What nutrients do I need, aside from calcium, to keep bones strong?
Are there foods that damage bone health?
Are there any medications that reduce bone mass?

Are there any medications that reduce bone mass?

Long-term use of glucocorticoids (commonly known as hydrocortisone or cortisol) -- prescribed for a wide range of diseases, including arthritis, asthma, lupus, and other diseases of the lung, kidney, and liver -- can lead to loss of bone density and fractures.

Other drugs of concern: certain anti-seizure drugs such as Dilantin, barbiturates, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (used to treat endometriosis), excess use of aluminum-containing antacids, certain cancer treatments, and excessive thyroid hormone. Talk to your doctor if you are taking any of these medications, says Rao.

Charles Stuart Platkin is a nutrition and public health advocate, founder of DietDetective.com, the health and fitness network, and author of The Diet Detective's Calorie Bargain Bible (Simon & Schuster, 2007). Copyright 2007 by Charles Stuart Platkin. All rights reserved.

Reprinted with permission from www.dietdetective.com, May 2008.

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I am surprised you didn't mention avocadoes as a high potassium food. I believe they have more than bananas.

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anonymous wrote:

Enjoyed this article. I get the required sunlight and still came up with a slight deficiency. My doc told me to take a multi vitamin and I told her I was already doing that and had been for nearly three years. Then she recommended that I suppliment with Vitamin D.

6/11/2010 09:22:43 PM Report Abuse

fitnessoneli wrote:

Excellent article with very important information. Thanks for reprinting it

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