Osteoporosis - The Bones Of Contention

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http://health101.org/art_osteo_bones.htm

A NEW DISEASE, A NEW MARKETING OPPORTUNITY

Osteoporosis is big news-and big business-these days. As a disease, it emerged out of obscurity only two decades ago to become a concern for women throughout the industrialised world. Advertising campaigns in the media and fact sheets in doctors' waiting rooms and pharmacies continually warn women of the dangers of disappearing bone mass.

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Nutritional imbalances at its finest. Docs push calcium, calcium, when actually you need so much more and excess calcium could be causing the problem due to depletion of magnesium! Intersting that cultures who only take in 200-500 mg of calcium/day have lower rates of osteoporosis!