Regardless of how much has been said in recent years about the importance of prevention and treatment of osteoporosis this disease continues to assail more and more women and men. Osteoporosis is a chronic disease of the bones, often called “the quiet epidemic of the 21st century”, and is characterized by a decrease in bone density as a result of which bones become brittle. This is due to an excessive loss of calcium in the bone tissue. The process of bone creation and loss is a normal physiological process that occurs in the course of a lifetime but when bone loss exceeds its creation, osteoporosis sets in.

Signs of this illness could be pain in the lower back, loss of stature and gradual stooping. Sometimes osteoporosis appears or is discovered very dramatically – by a fracture of vertebrae or hip bone. Fractures are common with osteoporosis and typically occur after lesser trauma, while later phases of the illness are accompanied by frequent pain, deformities, and frailness. Some risk factors, like the female gender or advanced age cannot be prevented but there are many factors we can control. These include taking sufficient calcium, vitamin D, and protein, stopping smoking, drinking less alcohol and coffee, and increasing physical activity.

Taking sufficient amounts of calcium and vitamin D is necessary for maintaining bone mass. Calcium is a major mineral in our body, we have more than a kilogram of it in our organism and 99% of all our calcium is found in the bones and teeth. Since osteoporosis is due to an excessive loss of calcium in the bones, taking calcium can do much to slow down the progress of this illness. Vitamin D stimulates the absorption of calcium from the bowels and increases the use of ingested calcium.

Natural Wealth® has a tasty solution for strong, healthy bones. Calcium citrate in the form of pleasant, lemon-flavored effervescent tablets is the ideal support for bone health because it contains 600 mg of calcium in the form of calcium citrate easily absorbed by the body and 400 IU of vitamin D, which stimulates absorption of calcium from the digestive tract and its better use by the body. Calcium citrate 600 mg + D 400 IU effervescent tablets are recommended as prevention and a supplement in the treatment of osteoporosis and osteopenia, fractures and other bone injuries, for restoring sportsmen’s muscles after training, and particularly for women in the pre-menopausal and post-menopausal period, to pregnant and lactating women, and for older people. Effervescent calcium citrate does not contain sugar, so it is suitable for diabetics.