Osteoporosis treatment guidelines by US Endocrinology groups – Sept 2016

• 20X increase in vitamin D sold and 36 percent decrease in osteoporosis business in Australia – Nov 2013
  Perhaps Osteoporosis groups hide vitamin D information because they fear losing their jobs
• 8X higher Osteoporosis risk if high level of vitamin A, vitamin D important too – Feb 2013
• 5X increase in hip fracture rates in 65 years - 1998 at the same time that levels of Vitamin D have been decreasing
• Osteoporosis groups hide their synthetic vitamin D recommendations behind 40 dollar paywall – May 2015
• Osteoporosis quality of life better if more than 20 ng of vitamin D – Jan 2014

Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D contains the following summary

• FACT: Bones need Calcium (this has been known for a very long time)
• FACT: Vitamin D improves Calcium bioavailability (3X ?)
• FACT: Should not take > 750 mg of Calcium if taking lots of vitamin D (Calcium becomes too bio-available)
• FACT: Adding vitamin D via Sun, UV, or supplements increased vitamin D in the blood
• FACT: Vitamin D supplements are very low cost
• FACT: Many trials, studies. reviews, and meta-analysis agree: adding vitamin D reduces osteoporosis
• FACT: Toxic level of vitamin D is about 4X higher than the amount needed to reduce osteoporosis
• FACT: Co-factors help build bones.
• FACT: Vitamin D Receptor can restrict Vitamin D from getting to many tissues, such as bones
• It appears that to TREAT Osteoporosis:
•        Calcium OR vitamin D is ok
•        Calcium + vitamin D is good
•        Calcium + vitamin D + other co-factors is great
•        Low-cost Vitamin D Receptor activators sometimes may be helpful
• CONCLUSION: To PREVENT many diseases, including Osteoporosis, as well as TREAT Osteoporosis
• Category Osteoporosis has 221 items
• Category Bone Health has 314 items

Note: Osteoporosis causes bones to become fragile and prone to fracture
  Osteoarthritis is a disease where damage occurs to the joints at the end of the bones
Osteoporosis category includes the following

• 221 items in category - see also Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D
• Overview Fractures and vitamin D
• Bone - Health 314 items
• VitaminDWiki pages with BONE MINERAL DENSITY or BMD in title 29+ pages
• Search VitaminDWiki for OSTEOPENIA 1740 items as of July 2020
• 13 articles are in both Osteroporosis and Vitamin D Receptor categories
• 10 articles are in both Osteroporosis and Meta-analysis categories
• 20X increase in vitamin D sold and 36 percent decrease in osteoporosis business in Australia – Nov 2013

An Osteoporosis Vitamin D letter behind a $40 paywall
Further major uncorrected errors in National Osteoporosis Foundation meta-analyses of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in fracture prevention