August 2007

Study validates calcium improves bone health

The results of a clinical trial investigating the effects of an enhanced calcium formula on young women published in the Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine has shown that exercise plus intake of the supplement can improve bone health and help lower the risk of developing osteoporosis later in life.

An eight-week, double-blind placebo controlled study using 24 female students age 18 to 24 was conducted under the direction of Robert DiSilvestro, PhD, at Ohio State University. The calcium supplement, Bone-Up, was found to produce statistically significant changes in urinary DPD and alpha-helical peptide (markers of bone degradation), plasma bone specific alkaline phosphatase (a marker of bone synthesis), plasma 2 5-OH-vitamin D (an indicator of vitamin D nutritional status), and plasma parathyroid hormone (a hormone that affects bone metabolism and is affected by calcium nutritional status).

Source: Jarrow Formulas, Inc., www.Jarrow.com

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