Have you been taking your Calcium Suppliment? Good.....

Are you at Risk of Osteoporosis?
Are you over the age of 50?
Are you physically inactive?
Are you a smoker?
Do you drink more than 2 standard drinks of alcohol a day?
Do you frequently drink soft drinks?
Have you been exposed to toxic heavy metals?
Is your diet low in calcium?
If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then you may be at risk of developing osteoporosis.

 Osteoporosis is called a silent disease. Osteoporosis, in which the bones become porous and break easily, is one of the world's most common and debilitating diseases. The sites most frequently affected by osteoporosis are bones in the hip, spine, wrist, ribs, pelvis and upper arm; however, any bone can be affected by osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is often called a "silent disease", as usually there are no signs or symptoms that bones are thinning until a fracture occurs.
Osteoporosis in men: The "silent epidemic" strikes men too. Osteoporosis is more common in women than men, but does affect a significant number of elderly male patients. One out of three women over 50 will experience osteoporotic fractures, as will one out of five men.
An increasing concern.
Every eight minutes, someone is admitted to an Australian hospital with an osteoporotic fracture. This is expected to rise to one every three to four minutes by the year 2021, as our population ages.
Dietary calcium intakes in Australia are well below the recommended daily intake.
A random sample of Australian women aged 55-92 years found they had a mean dietary calcium intake of 646 mg/day, well below the Australian recommended daily intake (RDI) for this age group of 1000 mg/day.
Calcium supplements help treat osteoporosis.
A meta-analysis of calcium supplementation in the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis found that calcium supplementation was significantly more effective than placebo in reducing rates of bone loss after two or more years of treatment.
Calcium supplements help prevent osteoporosis.

In an analysis of 20 calcium trials, it was concluded that the mean bone loss in control was 1% per year, whereas the rate of loss in calcium-treated subjects was only 0.014% per year.In an analysis of 20 calcium trials, it was concluded that the mean bone loss in control was 1% per year, whereas the rate of loss in calcium-treated subjects was only 0.014% per year.