I have osteoporosis. The doctor recommends I eat 2 oranges/day to supplement the calcium tablet. Why?

Citric acid helps in chelating the calcium to be absorbed. Otherwise, a lot of it would be excreted into feces.

Well i have to try to be more careful because my bones break easily and i have a lot of pain in my hip and back cuz that is where most of mine is....

It seems that osteoporosis, while not an endocrine disorder, can be affected by endocrine disorders. Many factors influence peak bone mass acquisition in both males and females, and endocrine fa...

During childhood and adolescence, much more bone is deposited than withdrawn, so the skeleton grows in both size and density. Up to 90 percent of peak bone mass is acquired by age 18 in girls and a...

Maybe they drink more fluoridated water or swallow more toothpaste.

The sleep number bed is the best. You can adjust the hard to soft settings that adjust to your body. Now why not deal with the osteoporosis issue from a nutrition angle. If your grandmother is...

I have osteoporosis and it was never even a remote concern in my first pregnancy, and it hasn't been mentioned in this one either. Technically, it could cause more pain, but to the best of my...

no. clicking can be from loose ligaments or bubbles popping in synovial fliud.."the cracking knuckles" sound. Osteoporsis is seen as curvaturves of the the spine like kyphosis and i...