With the popularization of osteoporosis disease knowledge in recent years, the public awareness of osteoporosis has increased significantly, but there are still many misconceptions about how to treat it properly. Many people believe that “kidney stone patients should limit calcium intake because 80% of kidney stones are composed of calcium”. In fact, recent studies have confirmed that this is a complete misconception, but the truth is just the opposite. Calcium supplementation not only does not increase the possibility of stones, but also reduces the risk of kidney stones. Myth 1: Long-term calcium supplementation is prone to stones A four-year study of 45,510 men in the United States showed that people who consumed an average of 1,326 mg of calcium per day had a one-third less chance of developing stones than those who consumed 516 mg of calcium per year. A study of 9,173 women over 12 years also showed that those on a high-calcium diet were 35% less likely to develop kidney stones than those on a low-calcium diet. In medicine, there are many causes of kidney stones, not because the body contains more calcium is prone to kidney stones, the cause of kidney stones is a disruption of calcium metabolism in the body, resulting in abnormal “calcium transport”. When calcium metabolism is disturbed, as bone calcium decreases, while blood calcium and soft tissue calcium increases, too much calcium in soft tissue can cause stones, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. However, proper long-term calcium supplementation can help stabilize blood calcium, improve calcium metabolism, avoid causing abnormal “calcium transport”, and ultimately reduce blood calcium and soft tissue calcium content, but reduce the occurrence of stones. Myth 2: The best way to treat osteoporosis is to take calcium supplements Some people are afraid to take calcium supplements for fear of stones, but some others go to the other extreme and feel that after osteoporosis, taking calcium supplements every day and getting more sunlight is the best way. However, the bones of the human body are a constant metabolism, the growth of bones is like building a house, responsible for building a house is called into the bone cells, he is specifically used to build a house, another is broken bone cells, like the city police, is to demolish the house, but we do not hate him, although he destroyed the bones caused osteoporosis, but if he did not destroy the bones, then the bones will be like a tumor unrestricted Growth, so that the human body is always a balanced organism. Calcium metabolism is the result of the action of osteoclasts and osteoblasts, the effect of calcium supplementation alone is not good. The role of osteoclasts in the body of osteoporosis patients exceeds the role of osteoblasts, so calcium supplementation is like getting cement for repairing walls, and the drugs for osteoporosis are like masons who “build” calcium into the walls, so only the combination of anti-osteoporosis drugs and calcium supplementation can achieve good results. Myth 3: Women can only rely on estrogen to treat osteoporosis Estrogen has an inhibitory effect on osteoclasts, so women use estrogen to treat osteoporosis with good results. However, some women mistakenly believe that they can only rely on estrogen to fight osteoporosis, and that they have suffered from breast cancer or are potentially at high risk for breast cancer, so they cannot use estrogen replacement therapy and are at the mercy of God. In fact, this is completely wrong. Estrogen is only one way to treat osteoporosis, and osteoporosis patients who are not suitable for estrogen replacement therapy can selectively apply active vitamin D, bisphosphonate preparations, calcitonin, etc. under the guidance of their doctors, which can also treat osteoporosis. Myth 4: Young people will not be at risk of osteoporosis Young people will not suffer from osteoporosis?NO! Some young people can also develop osteoporosis, especially young women. If you neglect exercise in your youth, often picky, partial, diet, resulting in low dietary calcium intake, thin body, if at the same time there are smoking and drinking and other bad habits, it will cause their own peak bone mass and poor bone quality. Therefore, osteoporosis should be prevented from early, don’t wait to regret in old age. In short, the human body is like a bank of calcium storage, want to stay away from osteoporosis, we must pay good attention to their own calcium bank balance, so that “before 40 years old to save more”, so that the peak bone mass as high as possible; ” after 40 years old to spend less”, so that the loss of bone mass to keep bone loss as slow as possible. If you are in your prime, you have very little time left to “reach your peak bone mass”. If you have reached menopause, you need to start preventing it. Myth #5: You need to drink more bone broth for calcium The calcium inside the bones will not dissolve easily. Experiments have proven that after two hours of steaming in the pressure cooker, the fat inside the bone marrow has surfaced, but the calcium inside the soup is still minuscule. When you drink a lot of bone soup, it is not the calcium in the bones that increases, but the flesh on your body. There is a way to try: add half a bowl of vinegar and then simmer slowly for an hour or two. The vinegar can effectively help the bone calcium dissolve. Note that: this must not use a pressure cooker, it is best to use a casserole stew to avoid excessive aluminum in the bone broth.