Background

Bone, composed primarily of calcium, is a living tissue which contains cells, collagen, and other substances. It is constantly breaking down and rebuilding. With increasing age, the rebuilding processes cannot keep up with the breakdown mechanisms. The exact reasons for this are not completely understood, but over time bone becomes very thin and fragile and may break under the slightest pressure. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle that includes proper diet, calcium and support nutrient supplementation, weight-bearing exercises, avoidance of excessive alcohol, caffeine and smoking, all contribute to maintaining bone health throughout life.

Macro Minerals

Microcrystalline hydroxyapatite calcium is different from other forms of calcium. This whole bone extract is also rich in key trace minerals, collagen protein and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs).

Calcium citrate-malate and calcium ascorbate are also excellent forms of calcium and, when combined with hydroxyapatite, offer a powerful blend of calcium sources for optimal nutritional support.

Magnesium citrate, gluconate and aspartate are all good forms of magnesium which are essential to proper nerve, muscle and cardiovascular functions, in addition to bone health. These special high-tech mineral carriers are ideal for use in supplements as they offer optimum absorption and utilization of calcium and magnesium.

Vitamins and Trace Minerals

Vitamin D: Needed for proper absorption of calcium. With increasing age individuals may become deficient in this nutrient, putting them at risk for poor bone health. This is especially true for people who avoid dairy products (a major supplemental source of vitamin D) and people who are not frequently outdoors.

Vitamin K: Essential vitamin involved in the production of blood factors, which has recently been found to be essential to bone health.

Vitamin C: Essential antioxidant vitamin vital for growth and development of collagen, the primary protein component of bone.

Special Botanical Protectors

Isoflavones are naturally occurring compounds that support bone, menopausal and overall good health. Isoflavones, a major part of the soybean-rich diet of Japan, are believed to be significantly responsible for protective effects ascribed to the Japanese diet. It is difficult to obtain isoflavones from the typical American diet. Supplementation with the newly available, highly concentrated isoflavone extracts provide a supplemental source of genistein, genistin, daidzein, daidzin, glycitein, glycitin, and other natural soy components believed to support bone, menopausal and overall good health

Bioflavonoid Complex: Natural components of many fruits and vegetables, these unique substances exhibit a wide range of biological activity including antioxidant and protector effects.

References

1. Biochemistry, PC Champe, RA Harvey, JB Lippincott, Philadelphia (1994).
2. Modern Nutrition Health and Disease, Edition Eight, eds, ME Shills, JA Olson, M Shike, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia (1994).
3. Botanical Influences on Illness, Werbach, M, Third Line Press, 1994.
4. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients, A Leung, S Foster, John Wiley, New York, 1996.
5. The Doctor's Vitamin & Mineral Encyclopedia, SS Hendler, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1990.

Supplement Facts - Bone Support Formula™

Quality Assurance Statement - Anabolic Laboratories

Founded in 1924, Anabolic Laboratories formulates and manufactures clinical nutrition products. Our expertise in pharmaceutical manufacturing, patient programs, and clinician training sets the standard for health care professionals.

At Biossential Nutrition, we pride ourselves in offering the best products available to our customers. Offering the highest quality products & individual ingredients, as well as ensuring our products are effective & work as advertised, are the mains goals we strive to achieve with our product offerings.

Why We Recommend Anabolic Laboratories Nutritional Supplements

History

Anabolic Laboratories was founded as a nutritional products company in 1924 and became a pharmaceutical manufacturer in 1940. Anabolic Laboratories is one of the oldest manufacturers of nutritional products in the world.

Standards

As a pharmaceutical manufacturing operation, the standards used for raw materials, production and finished product testing exceed the new requirements for nutritional product manufacturing.

Quality

Pharmaceutical standards of manufacturing provide nutritional products with label accuracy, potency and purity as dictated by the USFDA (United States Food & Drug Administration).

Formulas

A nutritional program and clinical formulas that are based on the specifications used in the scientific research.

The Need To Consider Quality:

Of the magnesium supplements tested by ConsumerLab.com, 25% failed to meet quality standards. One magnesium supplement contained only 45.4% of labeled amount, despite boasting a "GMP" (Good Manufacturing Practices) seal on its label, and another supplement provided only 28.8% of the labeled amount.
Reference: ConsumerLab.com, Magnesium Supplement Reviews and Quality Ratings, Posted 5/19/09

Tests by ConsumerLab.com have found multivitamins that were short on ingredients, failed to dissolve properly, or were contaminated with heavy metals.
ConsumerLab.com, New Product Review: Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplements, Posted 4/1/09

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found that manufacturing problems have been associated with dietary supplements. Products been recalled because of microbiological, pesticide, and heavy metal contamination, and because they do not contain the dietary ingredients they are represented to contain, or they contain more or less than the amount of dietary ingredient claimed on the label.
Reference: June 22, 2007, FDA @ http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dscgmps7.html