One important consideration regarding AlgaeCal is that it is supplying calcium within the naturally absorbed matrix of all the other trace minerals the sea algae used to create its bony structure if you look at Appendix B in which I summarized all the vitamins and minerals healthy bones require, you will see that MANY trace minerals play important roles in our bones. Thanks for reaching out, Sharon! The key issue regarding the safety of natural forms of strontium is calcium intake, which to err on the side of safety, should be at least double that of the amount of strontium consumed. Keep a diet diary for 4-5 days and you should be able to easily see how much calcium your diet is providing for you. WHEW, sorry wanted to get it all in. From what you write, it is apparent that you are not meeting your needs for magnesium, unless you are eating a diet VERY rich in magnesium AND your digestion and absorption are excellent. I hope this helps to ease your mind and answer your question, Mallika! Ive read several studies that relate a significant increase in advanced breast cancer rates among older women with higher bone density rates; as much as 60% percent!! The drug, strontium ranelate, has a long list of side effects, and since the drug has much more media exposure than the health supplement strontium citrate, the two are often confused. I have some older bottles(2 years) of strontium citrate3 caps = 750mgs. PMID: I was put on several new medications for the heart disease (blood thinner, beta blocker, aspirin, statin, and blood pressure!) If you are taking AlgaeCal Plus and Strontium Boost, these supplements will automatically be providing you with optimal, balanced doses of calcium, magnesium and strontium one of many reasons I rely upon these supplements for myself. Lastly, and to me the most important point, is that strontium does not improve bone health, resistance to fracture, by increasing BMD. But I do not know how the interstitial cortical bone and cancellous bone work in relationship to growing and becoming. 2012 Jul;51(1):93-7. ) Need Help? (17 replies) Strontium and thyroid medication. My concern is that if Strontium Citrate is a salt will it raise my blood pressure? In other words, whether your bone density increases or not, strontium reduces your risk of breaking a bone! Marilyn. I looked at Dr. Mumbys article he also provides no references (and I sure wish he had specified the type of vitamin K2 he is referring to when suggesting a 10 milligram daily dose is MK-4! THANK YOU for the links to these papers! So would taking a magnesium tablet solve the problem? [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 22448872 Re the high blood calcium, my first thought would be that you need more vitamin K, specifically, K2 as MK-7. Thanks for sharing and we hope you enjoy some of our other blog articles ? Glad you enjoyed the information, Kalpana! From: What to take to your Doctor about Strontium Citrate: Strontium Supplementation and DEXA Scan Readings Hope this answers your question, Lara, What is a suitable no calcium snack to have with the Strontium Citrate? If you are producing higher amounts of the pro-carcinogenic forms of estrogen, dietary changes, such as consuming more cruciferous vegetables and fewer pro-inflammatory processed foods, and some very safe herbal supplements can lower your production of potentially harmful estrogens. Strontium measurements were taken at the finger and ankle, representing primarily cortical and trabecular bone, respectively. Within 10 months of using AlgaeCal Plus, my 2012 DXA showed BMD 3.2% in my hip, and 6% in my spine from 2011. said something to the effect that 170 mg of strontium per day was more effective than 680 mg per day for reducing fracture risk. I am not a doctor, but I can at least give you some suggestions to look into and discuss with your physician. I am on BHRT myselfhave been for about 10 years now and I believe this would also be very helpful for you. Please keep me posted on how you are doing. Both IGF-I and Runx2 levels were positively associated with the bone mineral apposition rate (MAR). is really stellar. Am insurance poor, so have to go to conventional doctors. FYI the amount of strontium provided in the full dose is not 682 mg. Strontium Boost is strontium citrate, which is 31% elemental strontium and 69% citrate. Experimental results were 11.2 for the Discovery, 9.9 for the Prodigy, 8.6 for the Calscan and 6.3 for the Dexacare G4. The perfect time for NAC consumption is about thirty minutes . Prior to using AlgaeCal, I had been rebuilding bone, but SLOWLY. Because people with chronic kidney disease are less able to remove waste and excess water from the blood, dialysis is used as an artificial way of carrying out this process. I am doing many of the things you mentioned and have one more quick question. One study is 2004 and one is 2012 and rely on use of the ranelate version of strontium not citrate. Would you share some studies with me (70 studies were mentioned in the article) that would clarify your decision to continue with the 682 mg dose as a maintenance dose. As you likely know, rat and human absorption mechanisms are similar, albeit not equivalent. Many thanks! "Know that, ma'am." "Then why are you" "Three ways to do this, ma'am." I looked again at his thesis, but could find no contact information there. I am wondering if we whould be taking less stontium. I suggest you take double the usual dose of Triple Power (so 2 TBS instead of one) for 6 weeks, then you may be able to drop down to 1 TBS without experiencing a recurrence of your thumb joint pain. The good news here is that you do not need to be stressed out about this! Heres a recent paper on this: Pharm Res. Just as it gives the appropriate % of calcium and magnesium, I would think it would do the same for vitamin D. However, as mentioned the labels on both, the plain and plus, state they each contain 100% of the DV when in reality they contain 200% and 250% of the DV. I noticed a blog that mentioned the thyroid gland,also went back and read Your Bones which recommends 680 mg. Should I take only 1 capsule daily of the stronium boost instead the 3 capsules? In recent years, HER2 has become an important biomarker and target of therapy for approximately 30% of breast cancer patients. Hi Sheila, So to me you are like an angel. the time interval between the, servings of Calcium. Here, however, is one reference for you showing reduction in fracture risk after 3 years Tx: Kendler DL. I think this is good advice especially if the patient has impaired renal function and thus subsequent decrease in its clearance by the kidney. Thanks. Youre so welcome. It can be found in soil and seawater, and it's actually used as a supplemental treatment for osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Synthesis and pharmacokinetics of strontium fructose 1,6-diphosphate (Sr-FDP) as a potential anti-osteoporosis agent in intact and ovariectomized rats. Combined with X-ray diffraction and secondary Raman spectroscopic images, it was demonstrated that strontium was dose-dependently taken up by the bone mineral and heterogeneously distributed in compact and cancellous bone, with a higher amount in newly formed bone tissue than in old bone tissue. I am concerned when I read that too much strontium can cause softening of the bones. Pregnancy or breastfeeding: Don't take without approval from your healthcare provider. Thank you so much for responding, Lara and for responding so quickly. I have plaque in my carotid arteries, 20-40% range, I started getting the MK7 with the Algae-Cal, but was already taking some MK-4 drops (5-8 a day). PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, HighWire and Google scholar) for all the articles by Meunier and found over 150 articles relating to strontium in which he was involved. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87, 2060-2066. At first I thought it was a one time fluke, but it is happening every night. Calcium dosage in AlgaeCal Plus is actually 2x 360 or 720 mg/day as recommended daily dose of this supplement is 2 capsules, twice daily. However and this is why I am unable to tell you exactly how much strontium is deposited in cortical and in trabecular bone in real individual people the strontium signal varied widely between individuals such that after three years, the highest strontium signal observed was 28.15 for the finger (cortical bone) and 26.47 for the ankle in one volunteer and only 3.15 for the finger (cortical) and 4.46 for the ankle (trabecular) bone in another. Thank you! I also questioned the administration of the strontium citrate and was told that the strontium is taken as a single dose and no restriction is provided as to when the supplements are taken. What are your thoughts about these recommendations? Replenish all the nutrients your bones start losing after age 40 and then some. Im very glad you wrote in as I am concerned about the amount of strontium you are taking. It did though. Thanks for the info on Vitamin D. Thats interesting that it was advised to only state 100%, but in some ways isnt surprising. This supplement supports healthy osteoblast differentiation osteoblast collagen formation and balanced osteoclast activity; all of these activities help you maintain bone tensile strength. In patients with chronic renal failure, blood levels of strontium are increased four-fold when creatinine clearance is less than 50 mL/minute. And this applies to ANYTHING you see on the web. Zenda S, Nakagami Y, Toshima M, et al. The study found that the amount of bone loss directly correlated to the bacterial load found in the bones. Thank you again for your response. A creatinine clearance rate of 60-89 indicates the initial stage of kidney disease. Optimal is 60-80 ng/mL; the 30 ng/mL level, which many docs still refer to as just dandy, is barely above frank deficiency. I came off and just took calcium supplements. Since your bones are now in such good shape, however, I suggest you consider using only a half dose (1 capsule of Strontium Boost) daily instead of the full 2 capsule dose. http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/jarrow/bright.html I find my body has more energy, sleeps better and just feels better when I minimize my grain intake. The first is a review paper looking at animal (monkey) and human studies and the second is an animal (rat) study. Again, the study says nothing about strontium weakening bone structure. Approximately 50% of patients will have hepatitis (liver inflammation), 30% will have eosinophilia (high levels of white cells in the blood indicating immune system activation), 10% will have nephritis (inflamed kidneys), and 10% will have pneumonitis (inflamed lungs). Lara. Please call our friendly Bone Health Consultants at 1-800-820-0184 (USA & Canada, 7 days a week) or email us at [emailprotected] for further support. Please clear this up and let us know whether taking the two minerals separately just allows both to remineralize bones, or causes strontium to replace the calcium in bones. Association between DHEAS and bone loss in postmenopausal women: a 15-year longitudinal population-based study. I love to exercise, have been addicted to barre classes for the last year and a half, and push my body quite hard, taking one class every day and two back-to-back classes on the weekends. Thirty minute measurements were taken at the finger and ankle bone sites, representing primarily cortical and trabecular bone, respectively and the strontium K-alpha X-ray peak at 14.16 keV was used in the analysis. Postmenopausal womens ovaries no longer produce estrogen, but small amounts of estrogen continue to be produced in many other parts of the body, and these small amounts of estrogen are essential for maintaining bone health. Osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow stromal cells by various intensities of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound. To learn about the most strontium-rich foods, check out our Strontium Food Sources page. Great to hear that you are definitely in normal range or in the one area you mention having a T score of -0.6, are barely osteopenic! Below are the citations of the studies I referenced above. First of all, 750 mg/d is an excessively high dose higher than that used in all the research Ive seen on strontium. However, I did find one paper, a rat study published in 1963, that considered competition between strontium and magnesium as well as calcium, and results suggest that competition does occur: The Advanced Super K contains all three of the Vitamin K (to total 2100 mcg of K activity) per tablet, the Low Dose K2 has 45 mcg of the MK7. DXA only checks BMD, which is a measure of quantity. Your bones are quite capable of using both the 1,500 mg of calcium AND 680 mg of elemental strontium recommended for daily intake for postmenopausal women not on bio-identical hormone replacement (I say only BHRT here as conventional HRT is a very bad idea for many reasons!). The SR SPC(23)gives a value for Fspineof 50%. Your advice would be much appreciated. This emphasizes the value, as antiosteoporotic treatment, of SR, which is safe at the bone mineral level. 2010 Jun;23(3):425-30. Of course, happy to do what I can to be of help, and yes, each of us is our own best advocate, although you are definitely in good hands if you are working with a fully IFM certified functional medicine physician and nutritionist. I had a normal DEXA for 2017 and 2019. Curzon, P.C. Here s a link to Dr. Grouts website: http://www.arizonaadvancedmedicine.com I am not a milk drinker and eat limited dairy products so I am unsure of the additional amount of calcium that I am consuming during the day. Toxicology 7, 11-21. Calcium on the other hand, should be taken with food so that when food nutrients are being metabolised, the calcium absorption happens along with the other nutrients in the same digestive phase. A personal note: this is my situation. I am 57-years-old. 16/04/2012 18:14. What you are now doing sounds just fine, although a number of other nutrients are required for optimal bone health you should also be getting adequate vitamin D3, vitamin K2, boron, magnesium and vitamin C plus a wide range of trace minerals. Thank you so much for your feedback. What the research shows is that strontium, in addition to its numerous beneficial effects that boost osteoblast and slow osteoclast activity, also indirectly inhibits resorption of the calcified bone matrix by stabilizing hydroxyapatite crystals. PLEASE read up! Re wheat I have just wrapped up my review of Alessio Fassanos lecture on wheat/gluten-containing grains at the Institute for Functional Medicines 2013 symposium. I agree with you that long-term use of strontium citrate at the full dosage may not be optimal, and why risk it? That currently is only possible after removing the bone, ashing it and chemically analyzing the minerals. Strontium is a mineral thats used to enhance bone mineral density along with calcium. If you take AlgaeCal Plus, the full daily dosage will be giving you 90 mcg of K2 (MK-7). But, in people whose digestive tracts are infected with unfriendly bacteria, such as Clostridia, citrate can be co-opted by these bactera and used to fuel their metabolism. Ill quote them: strontium may interact with estrogens to promote carcinogenesis among young [premenopausal] women, because young women have more estrogens and estrogen receptors., Chen LJ, Tang LY, He JR, et al. My results have convinced me that AlgaeCal is the calcium supplement I am going to continue to use. As always, grateful to you! Dialysis is a way of carrying out this process. When I started him on this protocol about a year ago now, he was limping, wearing a knee brace, and fearing his bball playing days were over. Will this affect the absorption of the AlgaeCal Plus and Strontium Citrate. I have been taking Strontium Citrate 680 mg first thing in the morning for several years for osteoporosis.. AlgaeCal is untreated as it is clean and pure / Aquamin is bleached with Hydrogen Peroxide 2002-2023 AlgaeCal. I think thats too much along with the 720 from AlgaeCal but dont wanr to miss out on the other vitamins & minerals if I stop taking the multivitamin. I am active and healthy otherwise, on no other medication. Supplemental strontium should be avoided in individuals with a creatinine clearance less than 50 mL/minute or who are on dialysis. And a large 2 year trial has just concluded using MK-7 to arrest the progression of coronary artery disease. If thats so, how could you possibly come up with an accurate number? Hi Ann, Another issue to consider is that the strontium ranelate drug, Protelos, contains Aspartame an ingredient which is known for causing reactions on its own. The Magnesium has these contents: Nutra-Life Magnesium Complete Ingredients: Kidney stone formation is almost certainly due to insufficient vitamin D (please have your wifes levels of 25(OH)D checked ASAPoptimal levels are 60-80 ng/mL, and vitamin K2. Yes, the label is confusing. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 22640372), My personal thoughts overall: How is your digestion otherwise? Laboratoire dHistodynamique Osseuse, Facult de Mdecine R. Laennec, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France. We recommend trying to increase the magnesium in your diet as a first approach and have a handy list here that can help. Thank you. But dont throw the baby out with the bath water. If you still experience nausea when taking your supplements with food, try supplementing with HCl with betaine (Heres a link to the discussion of this in our recent ACV post for directions on how to do this: https://blog.algaecal.com/video-lara-pizzorno-apple-cider-vinegar-calcium-absorption/). 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