Re: side effects of CR/osteo

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Francesca wrote:

> It has also been pointed out that DEXA's can

> be inaccurate in their readings; however that's the only

> measurement we have.

Francesca, fortunately you are mistaken. DEXA's aren't the only

readily available measure we have that are indicative of bone

health. The NTx test of bone resorption rate is one good example.

See this post for details:

crsociety/message/16299

Dan Manes and my NTx tests have shown that now that our weight have

stabilized (and we are taking other active steps to promote bone

health) our rate of bone resorption is actually BELOW normal. This

bodes well for the idea that bone health stabilizes once weight

stabilized (if it was ever compromised to begin with...).

This stabilization of bone health with weight stabilization is also

supported by the multiple DEXA data available from one of the long

time CRonies on the main list (whose name escapes me). The data

showed that once his weight stabilized, so did his DEXA measured BMD.

--Dean