Men and postmenopausal women should never take iron supplements unless they have iron-deficiency anemia, which is only diagnosed by blood tests.
Studies have shown that taking 800 to 1,000 mg of supplemental calcium per day can reduce the rate of bone loss in postmenopausal women.
We hope to identify mechanisms through which postmenopausal osteoporosis can be reversed in these women.
Postmenopausal women Due to lack of female sex hormones in postmenopausal women, a range of changes take place in the whole body.
Eleven out of 16 studies in postmenopausal women showed improvements in bone density with either exercise or exercise plus calcium or estrogen.