You've heard it time and again, from Chris Evert, Dr. Miriam Nelson, and maybe your own family and friends: The calcium citrate in Citracal, regular exercise and a healthy diet are vital to good bone health and to the prevention of osteoporosis.

Both the Surgeon General of the United States and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) weigh in on the matter, and they confirm the advice you've been hearing for years from the people you trust. The NIH study confirmed women's basic need for dietary calcium and vitamin D to fight osteoporosis, and the Surgeon General now strongly recommends exercise, proper diet and calcium to help prevent osteoporosis.

In February 2006, the National Institutes of Health released the findings of a large, long-term study of the health of women in the United States. Beginning in 1991, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trial enrolled 68,132 post-menopausal women between the ages of 50-70.

The WHI Calcium/Vitamin D study confirmed women's basic need for dietary calcium and vitamin D to fight osteoporosis. Low calcium and vitamin D intake is a risk factor for low bone mineral density, the leading indicator of osteoporosis. Because many women consume less calcium and vitamin D than they need each day to protect their bone health, physicians and health care professionals continue to recommend taking calcium supplements to meet the appropriate daily allowance of calcium as a baseline of health care for all women. This recommendation closely follows the guidelines the Surgeon General of the United States provided in his landmark report on bone health and osteoporosis.

U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona warned on October 14, 2004 that 10 million Americans over the age of 50 have osteoporosis, while another 34 million are at risk for developing the bone disease. "Osteoporosis and other bone diseases," the accompanying news release states, ". . . can lead to a downward health spiral in physical health and quality of life, including losing the ability to walk, stand up, or dress, and can lead to premature death."

The Surgeon General's recommendations to decrease the likelihood of developing osteoporosis include, among other things:

• Getting enough calcium and vitamin D
• Performing weight-bearing exercise

You already know that Citracal calcium citrate is clinically proven to help reduce the rate of bone loss. Following the Surgeon General's call to action, the makers of Citracal calcium supplement are proud to introduce an exercise program that has also been clinically proven to improve bone mineral density.

The Bone Estrogen Strength Training (BEST) Study showed that weight-bearing and resistance exercises over a one-year period, combined with Citracal supplementation, significantly improved bone mineral density at fracture-prone skeletal sites.

In addition to the wealth of information you will find on this site about osteoporosis and the role calcium plays in its prevention, you can now view videos and read instructions on performing these bone-building exercises.

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