Beyond Bone Defense - Osteoporosis Message Board

peregrine · 06-28-2006, 05:17 AM

Has anyone heard of this product? He, Dr. Gordon, is claiming it is not calcium that is instrumental to stop bone loss but vitamin D (as long as you get calcium in your multi.) This product also includes vitamin K, strontium and a host of other things. It is expensive, but I didn't try to sleuth it out on any other sites but his. If anyone checks it out and has thoughts on this ...

CrohnieToo · 06-28-2006, 07:25 AM

Peregrine, I haven't checked out this product yet, but I can tell you that I'm not taking any calcium supplements and most likely don't get that much calcium in my diet due to my low tolerance for dairy but I am on a high scripted dose of vitamin D, and have been for over a year, 100,000 IU weekly, and the Forteo and my T-scores and Z-scores improved greatly this past 10 months. I've been on the high vitamin D dose for about 18 months and the Forteo about 10 months. All Forteo clinical trials included low dose viamin D and calcium supplementation so I tend to think there is something to the vitamin D bit BUT obviously it couldn't do it alone as I was losing ground until we added the Forteo. On the other hand, few people do so good so fast on just Forteo and regular dose vitamn D and calcium.

PikaB · 06-28-2006, 11:14 AM

From the ingredient list, it does seem to include Vitamin K-2 (the bone healthy vitamin in Natto), but the amount it claims to contain in each tablet is unbelievably high (10 mg). Most supplements of Vitamin K-2 contain around 100 mcg of it. When I eat 100 g. of Natto, I supposedly get around 870 mcg. of Vitamin K-2 (says the encyclopedia article on natto). And "Beyond Bone Defense" is supposed to contain more than 10 times that amount in each tablet?

peregrine · 06-28-2006, 11:46 AM

Pika,

Dr. Gordon also recommends (for women only, I would guess) to take Beyond HRT in combination with the bone defense.

PikaB · 06-28-2006, 02:32 PM

Looking at the biography, I'm not impressed with any osteoporosis-fighting credentials. His M.D. is an "honorary" one, and he works as a full-time consultant for a nutritional supplement company.