Beyond calcium, maintaining healthy bones as we age requires adequate nutrition, hormone regulation, physical activity, and improved sleep. Menopause and andropause lead to loss of normal hormone regulation, causing hormonal surges and increased inflammation that can disrupt mineral balance and antioxidant production. Proper mineral transport through diet and supplements is necessary to support hormone and neurotransmitter health as barriers in the body begin to leak due to hormonal imbalance with aging.

1. Beyond Calcium:Maintaining Healthy Bones as We Age

2. What do Bones Need?Nutrition?Hormone Regulation?Physical Activity?Medications?Improved Sleep?Dietary Changes?

4. Menopause and AndropauseLoss of HPG axis (normal physiology)Compensation through adrenal functionHormonal surges from dysregulationCytokine production (IL-6) *Inflammation*Cellular cytokine receptors increaseAmplitude of response increasesCreate hormone spikesDecrease glutathione output (antioxidant)Disrupting nitric oxide balanceProstaglandin E-2 increases “Barriers” begin to leak (Brain, Lungs, Gut, Skin)

5. Hormone Imbalance

6. Endocr Rev. 2002 Feb;23(1):90-119.Changes in proinflammatory cytokine activity after menopause. Estrogen-cytokine regulation of bone resorption.

8. Hormone Imbalance

11. Mineral Transport for Hormone and Neurotransmitter HealthMinerals from diet/supplementsVitamin DEssential Fatty Acids (Omega’s)