Osteoporosis - Causes and Prevention

What is osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis is a disease that affects your bones. It means that you have bones that are thin and brittle  with lots of holes inside them like a sponge. This makes them easy to break. Osteoporosis can lead to broken bones (fractures) in the hip, spine, and wrist. These fractures can be disabling and may make it hard for you to live on your own.

Osteoporosis affects millions of older adults. It usually strikes after age 60. It's most common in women, but men can get it too.

What causes osteoporosis?

It's caused by a lack of bone strength or bone density. As you age, your bones get thinner naturally. But some things can make you more likely to have the severe bone thinning of osteoporosis. These things are called risk factors.


A video on foods to eat to prevent osteoporosis

In this 38 minute video, Dr John Whitcom talks about the importance of Vitamin K2 in preventing Osteoporosis. A good source of Vitamin K2 is grass fed dairy.

Vitamin K2 comes from animals that eat grass. American farms industrialized in the mid 1900's and our animals were moved from pastures where they ate grass to feedlots where they were fed corn and beans. Our K2 intake in America plummeted, probably by 80-90%. Now, American women break their bones at 80 times the rate of many societies that still eat grass raised animal products. We think it's our fate. But K2 is much, much more than just ending osteoporosis. It may be central to weight loss, heart disease, cavities in teeth, easier labor and delivery, diabetes, supermodels, wrinkles....this conversation on K2 will open up a whole new world to you, for the better!

Dr John Whitcom discusses the role of Vitamin K2 in strengthening the bones in this 80 minute video.





Dr. Eric Berg DC discusses the amazing power of vitamin K2, not vitamin K1. In this 6 minute video, Dr. Berg explains how vitamin K2 works with vitamin D and calcium. He also talks about how this helps with clogged arteries.