Bone health

Evidence-graded topics and articles tagged Bone health.

Topics

• Calcium — Calcium from food or supplements gives bones a small density boost, but large recent trials show little clear effect on fractures when calcium is taken alone.
• Collagen — Some trials report small gains in skin hydration and in knee pain, but results conflict and many trials are small or industry-linked.
• Creatine — Creatine consistently increases muscle strength during resistance training in healthy adults.
• Prunes — Prunes may help preserve bone density in postmenopausal women and ease constipation, but the bone trials are small, the pooled lumbar result is borderline, and…
• Vitamin K2 — Vitamin K2 may help keep spine bone density up in postmenopausal women, but fracture results are mixed and the artery studies are small and do not agree.