Bones as Warehouses

We all know minerals are important to health. In fact they are more important than vitamins. Research on stress and its relationship to disease shows that when a body is under stress, it moves minerals from its mineral warehouses (the bones) and sends them via the circulation to the areas in need.

Minerals are needed in extra abundance when stressful situations call for additional muscular and/or neurological activity, and when a lot of extra energy is required. The body is careful to store the minerals it needs in balance, which results in the maintenance of bone strength and normal bone physiology. In fact, when minerals are being re-incorporated into bone, if all the minerals previously withdrawn are not present in balance, adequate re-mineralization (repair) does not take place, and the minerals are placed in secondary storage areas.

About every ten years we discover another mineral that bones must have in order to re-mineralize, that we previously did not know about. Manganese and Silicates are the last two minerals discovered that bones must have to rebuild. It seems as if there will always be a new mineral that we discover bones need. Obviously, this can make treatment difficult… unless you know the simple, natural, answer in this newsletter.

The Osteoarthritis and Arteriosclerosis Connection

Therefore, if the research is accurate, when bones de-mineralize, they tend to do that in balance as well. The unused minerals that contribute to bone structure are hoarded by a body that considers them precious. Unable to get back into bones, because of being out of balance, these unused minerals are stored in the body’s secondary storage sites, soft lining tissue. Lining tissue is a major secondary storage site for minerals, and is supposed to be used as a temporary storage area. When minerals are stored in lining tissue for a protracted period of time, the lining tissue becomes susceptible to hardening (sclerosis). Lining tissue makes up the linings of the arteries, joints, respiratory system, digestive system, urogenital system, and skin.

For example, there isn’t a mature woman alive that hasn’t noticed that her skin is less soft than it was when she was a girl. This is the result of the hardening phenomenon we are talking about, and it takes place in all of the body’s lining tissues as it is taking place in the skin.

This phenomenon of aging, tissue mineralization, has been recognized in the medical literature on stress for a long time. The scenario occurs like this: stressful situations create a need for specific minerals, minerals are liberated from bones (in balance), the needed ones are used, and the remainder are stored in lining tissue until the minerals that were utilized are again supplied in the diet, at which time minerals are withdrawn from lining tissue and replaced in the bones, always within a range of balance. That way, bones remain strong, and able to perform their other physiological duties.

Theoretically then, Osteoporosis (bone de-mineralization), Osteoarthritis (joint mineralization), and Arteriosclerosis (vascular mineralization), although different named diseases, are all part of a common physiological process. Therefore, it follows that if the underlying common physiological process is the focus of treatment, instead of the diseases, all three diseases should get better together. That, in fact, is what happens.

Implications on Aging

If we understand that all lining tissue is compromised when mineralization/demineralization occurs improperly due to a nutritional mineral deficiency, then we have a partial explanation of how other compromised lining tissue areas contribute to the aging process. For example, vital nutrients will pass less effectively through the lining of the gut, and oxygen exchange will occur less effectively through the lungs when these areas succumb to sub-clinical mineralization, both common occurrences in the elderly; therefore, adequate mineral supplementation is critical to retard the aging process. This becomes even more important given that United States Department of Agriculture studies show the mineral content of our foods has declined by twenty to fifty percent since World War I, and the advent of Agribusiness and the demise of the small independent farmer.

Home Testing for Osteoporosis

In order to effectively treat something, it is most advantageous to have a tool to measure progress, or lack of it. Specialize X-rays called bone densitometry studies, or bone scans, are most commonly used, but of course they have the negative cumulative side effects that all x-rays have. The measuring tool I learned about that day in the library was the big toenails (great toe only). Apparently the only toenail to reflect bone imbalance is the big one, and when lining tissue is getting thicker and harder, so is this toenail. Elderly people with severe Osteoporosis have great toenails that are thick, hard and difficult to cut. Toenails can also become hard, thick and disfigured by fungal infection under the nail, which has become common in the last half century due to the overuse of antibiotics and other drugs, and it is important to differentiate between the two.

In order to confirm this information I purchased a micrometer, a tool used for measuring very small changes in thickness, and started measuring great toenail thickness on my patients. I found that the older you get, the more likely the chance of your great toenails getting thick and hard. It seems to be part of the natural aging process. With further research I learned that the thickness was due to more Calcium accumulation in the nail, and the hardness factor was due more to the build-up of Magnesium.

I also learned that under proper treatment, great toenails will most often revert back to the thickness and hardness that was characteristic of them in young adulthood. When this happens, people’s symptoms of cold hands and feet, caused by Arteriosclerosis, and joint pain, caused by Osteoarthritis, seem to miraculously improve. The best part of this measuring tool is that you don’t need a doctor to monitor your progress or subject yourself to regular bone scans (x-rays) and their accompanying cumulative side effects.

Popular Approach

I attempted many things to help my patients with this physiological condition. I tried Calcium supplementation, then Calcium and Magnesium supplementation, and on and on with little or no results. This should come as no surprise, because to this day we still do not have an accepted medical treatment that is safe and effective for Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, or Arteriosclerosis.

The initial approach was to supplement with Calcium. Most women who participated in this form of therapy began to experience symptoms of Calcium/Magnesium imbalance within four to ten years. The first symptom was usually foot and leg cramps, followed in a year or two by rapid heart beat, and eventually myocardial infarction (heart attack). Magnesium was eventually added to the approach and the deadly side effects were almost completely eliminated. Calcium and Magnesium are usually found balanced in nature, and supplementing in this manner solved the side effect problem; however, decades of testing have shown that this approach has produced virtually no results in stopping or reversing Osteoporosis. That’s because bones aren’t made of Calcium and Magnesium. Although Calcium and Magnesium are important, all the minerals need to be present… and bones are made of many different minerals.

The pharmaceutical industry then discovered the Biphoshphonates. Fosamax was the first, followed by Actonel, Didronel, Boniva, and Reclast. As usual, these drugs were heralded as a great breakthrough in the battle against Osteoporosis. This is an area of serious concern for any woman needing to make a decision about future drug therapy, and as a result I have written a separate newsletter article — Are Biphosphonate Medications (Fosamax, Actonel, Didronel, Bonive, and Reclast) Really Helping Or Hurting Our Elderly?. The side effects from these drugs are frightening, and downplayed by the medical/pharmaceutical industrial complex that promotes them. It is in your best interest to know this information before using these medications.

What Works

In my search for an effective treatment, mineral balance was the key. I found that the perfect product existed that contained all the minerals bones need, and in perfect balance. This product even contains the minerals that science has yet to discover are necessary for proper bone re-mineralization. This incredible product is Glandular bone. This bone supplement comes from the bones of Argentinian calves specifically raised for the harvest of their tissues for the production of Glandular supplements. The tissue is then processed at body temperature (low heat) to keep it functionally intact. Recently, a sub-fraction of Glandular bone has become popular as Microcrystaline Hydroxyappetite. Preventics sells the original complete Glandular form as Bone 350 Plus, and Preventics price is half the normal retail price.

It usually takes between a year and a year and a half for a noticeable difference to be seen in the great toenails because they grow so slowly. Standard Bone Scan examinations correlate well with the changes in great toenail thickness.

How to Supplement

If you have been diagnosed with any of the above diseases, double the recommended amount of Bone 350 Plus on the Preventics Basic Self Help Vitamin Program. If that dosage is not sufficient to produce the desired results, call the Health Help Hotline for individual help. I answer this line, 800-888-4866 or 816-753-4866, on Tues., Wed., and Thurs. mornings between 10 and 12, Central time. It’s a free call.

When you age, you generally decrease your physical activity and metabolism. Unless caloric intake is also decreased, the end result is obesity, which in itself increases the risk to cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, diabetes, etc. With reduced caloric intake, supplementation is vital in order for you to get adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals with the decreased amount of food. This becomes even more important when, according to the latest scientific literature, you can’t get the recommended daily amounts (RDAs) of many essential nutrients at normal caloric intake levels.

To address these problems, I have established a basic vitamin and mineral supplemental program that I feel offers optimal support for various age groups based on what is known about decreased metabolism and increased micro-nutrient needs. Some people with increased vitamin and mineral needs brought about by chronic illness require additional amounts of very specific nutrients added to this basic program. However, people of average health do very well on a good basic supplemental program, with emphasis on anti-oxidants (anti-aging vitamins) like Vitamin C and Vitamin E, such as that found in the Basic Self-Help Supplement Program chart.

The scientific literature is emphasizing that as we get older, we need continually increasing amounts of virtually all of the essential micronutrients. This area of research is now called anti-aging medicine. It is getting a lot of attention because so much can be done inexpensively to produce remarkable results, and you the public, are demanding it.

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