There is definitely a myth that calcium is the main mineral that you need for osteoporosis

to strengthen your bones. And unfortunately, so many menopausal women are just downing

like over 1,000 milligrams of calcium. Of course, it's in the wrong form. It's in an elemental

form called calcium carbonate, which is basically limestone. You'd be better off chewing on the cement

out there. But the point is that somehow we have in our minds that if we take this calcium,

we'll prevent osteoporosis and it's absolutely not true. Did you realize that the majority of

bone, what makes that bone, I'm talking about over 70% of it, is not calcium. It is collagen,

which is protein. And there is calcium in bone for sure. There's a good amount. But that calcium

is tied up with phosphorus. But you don't hear people saying, well, you need to have more phosphorus

for bone health. And they don't definitely say you need more collagen for bone health. It's mainly

calcium. In some pretty hardcore research and studies, I'm going to put the links down below,

people that take calcium do not prevent fractures. There is strong evidence that if you take calcium

in supplement forms, this can increase your risk of cardiovascular accidents. So if calcium

is not the main mineral that builds bone to prevent osteoporosis, what is? Well, it's a combination

of many things. Since bone is made out of protein, and that protein is activated by various

minerals and trace minerals like cobalt, manganese, magnesium, and phosphorus, and many other

minerals, making sure you have all of the trace minerals in the diet is going to help you.

You also need vitamins. Vitamins help transport these minerals. And the most important vitamin

for bone health is vitamin D and vitamin K2. They both work together by making calcium available

to make bone as well as to help deliver the calcium that's in the blood from the absorption of

the intestine directly to the bone. That's vitamin K2. So you need vitamin D3 and K2 to build bone.

Other factors relate to hormones. If you're deficient in estrogen, for example, that can

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