OSTEOMEGACARE® VANILLA
In the galaxy of heart-healthy calcium supplements, this is the

alpha and omega. Calcium is essential for strong bones

and teeth, nerve transmission, muscle contraction, and it

even helps keep cells intact.* OsteOmegaCare liquid dietary

calcium combines the benefits of calcium with Omega 3, 6

and 9 Essential Fatty Acids, the building blocks of every cell

membrane in the body.* Essential Fatty Acids promote ab-

sorption of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K), and maintain

kidney function.* OsteOmegaCare is a 100% vegetarian

product. Two daily servings of OsteOmegaCare provides

1,200 mg of calcium and 2,000 IUs of Vitamin D3, the ideal ratio

for optimum absorption and utilization. It also contains a vegetarian

source of glucosamine sourced from Aspergillus niger to support

healthy joints, inulin (oligo fiber) to boost absorption and digestive

health, and L-carnitine, which is believed to promote growth.* You

won't find another calcium supplement that offers so much. It even

comes in great tasting chocolate and vanilla flavors.

Fighting Osteoporosis

      CHARACTERIZED by a gradual thinning and weakening of the bones,

osteoporosis affects more than seven million Americans-most of them

women-with another 17 million at serious risk. In the disease's advanced

stages, vertebrae can become so fragile that they easily collapse, often lead-

ing to a debilitating curving of the spine. Increasing fragility can also

mean greater risk of fracture's, especially crippling fracture of the hip.

       Dozens of studies show that increasing calcium intake can be vital

in slowing bone loss and reducing fracture rates brought on by osteo-

porosis. This is especially true when calcium is taken with vitamin D,

which increases the ability of the body to absorb the mineral.

       In a 1992 French study of 1765 women over age 69, those were

given supplements containing 1200 mg. of calcium and 20 micrograms

of vitamin D had an average 2.7 -percent increase in bone mass in

the hips and thighs after 18 months.  Women taking only a placebo suf-

fered a 4.6 -percent loss in bone mass. Over the same period,  the women

taking calcium and vitamin D had 43 -percent fewer hip fractures than the

control group.

        Many experts think that the time to start increasing calcium intake is

in adolescents, when most adult bone mass is being formed. According to

Dr. Robert P. Heaney, professor of medicine at Omaha's Creighton Univer-

sity, "There's very good evidence that at least the last two generations of

American women have consumed an inadequate amount of calcium begin-

ing in puberty. "As baby boomers grow older, say Heaney, osteoporosis

could become an epidemic. Luckily it's never too late to start getting

plenty of the vital mineral. 

Introducing…

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LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE

When you were a child, your mother probably told you:"Drink your milk. You need the

calcium for healthy bones and teeth." She was right. Calcium does help keep bones and

teeth strong, and it also plays a key role in other vital bodily functions. But what your

mother couldn't have predicted is the recent article heralding calcium as a possible player

in the fight against many ailments. Now the bad news: Nearly half of all Americans don't

get enough of this essential mineral.    Here is how calcium can help protect your health

and how to be sure you're getting enough.

More THAN 50 million Americans have high blood pressure (hypertension). What's so

frightening about this so-called silent killer is that t often does not produce symptoms 

for years, secretly damaging arteries and organs throughout the body until it erupts in

the form of stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure or kidney disease. If left un-

treated, even mild hypertension can reduce the life expectancy of a 35-year-old by

several years.  (Readings of 140 to 159 over 90 to 99 are mildly high: about

120/80 is normal.)

 That's why high blood pressure is commonly treated with antihypertensive drugs.

But, studies suggest that in some people an increase in calcium consumption can

help control blood pressure without medication. Calcium also seems to help prevent

high blood pressure.

Evaluating the results of a 13-year old survey undertaken by the National Center

for Health Center for Health Statistics, James H. Dwyer, associate professor of pre-

ventive medicine at the University of Southern California school of Medicine, found

that people who consume 1300 milligrams of calcium a day were 12 percent less

likely to develop hypertension than those consuming only 300 mg. a day.

In people under age 40, risk was reduced by up to 25 percent.

Soon doctors may urge some hypertension patients to increase their calcium intake

much the way they now advise sodium restriction. "It's easier to add food or supple-

ments that to go on a low-sodium diet." asserts Dr. David McCarron, professor of

medicine at Princeton Health Sciences

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PREVENTING HEART DISEASE

    SEVERAL STUDIES that there's

yet another way calcium may shield

the heart from harm: it may help

lower blood cholesterol. In a study

led by Dr. Margo A. Denke, asso-

ciate professor of Internal medicine

at the Center for Human Nutrition

at the University of  Texas South-

wesrtern Medical Center in Dallas,

13 men with moderately high cho-

lesterol levels were given a low-

calcium diet (410 mg. of calcium

daily) for ten days, the men were

on a fortified diet taht supplied 2200

mg. of calcium daily. End result:

the high-calcium regimen reduced

their levels of toral cholesterol by six

percent and slashed "bad" LDL cho-

lesterol by 11 percent. What's more,

"good" HDL cholesterol levels stayed

the same.

   Denke and her collagues report

that geetting plenty of calcium, may

be an effective adjunt to traditional

cholesterol-lowering diet theraphies.

McCarron agrees: "If you increase

your calcium ntake-wehether with

diet or supplements-your choles-

terol gets better."

EASING MENSTRAL WOES

   THERE'S NO CURE YET for pre-

menstrual syndrome (PMS)-those

unpleasant physical and mental com-

plaints some women endue every

month prior to menstruation. But

several studies suggest that calcium

can help tame PMS.

   Reasearchers led by psychologist

Jmes G. Penland at the U.S. Depart-

ment of Arigriculture'sHuman Nutri-

tion Research Center in Grand Forks,

N.D., studied ten womwn suffering

common menstrual and premenstrual

symptoms. all the women spent half

the study period on a diet contain-

ing 600 m.g. of calcium daily, and hald

on a diet containing 1300 mg. daily.

   While on the high-calcium diet,

70 percent reported less pain. such

as backaches and cramping. during

the menstrual phase, and 80 per-

cent had less water retention dur-

ing the menstrual phase. Ninety

percent experienced less crying, irri-

tability and depression throughtout

their monthly cycles.

AVOIDING KIDNEY STONES

   FOR YEARS doctors have told patients

who suffer from kidney stones to

limit calcium. The reason: calcium is

a major component in about 80 per-

cent of all stones. But controversial

new research suggests that the way

may be to increase calcium intake.

   In a Harcard School of Public

Health study, Dr. Gary C. Curhan

and colleagues followed 45,510 men

with no history of kidney stones for

four years. Those on diets high in

calcium (a daily average of 1320 mg.)

were found to cut their risk of devel-

oping stones by one-third, compared

with men eho consumed the least

calcium (516 mg. per day).

   Skeptics stress the difficulty of

establishing calcium as the factor in

this reduction of risk. They caution

kidney-stones patients to consult with

their physicians before changing their

dietary habits.

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Fighting Osteoporosis

      CHARACTERIZED by a gradual thinning and weakening of the bones,

osteoporosis affects more than seven million Americans-most of them

women-with another 17 million at serious risk. In the disease's advanced

stages, vertebrae can become so fragile that they easily collapse, often lead-

ing to a debilitating curving of the spine. Increasing fragility can also

mean greater risk of fracture's, especially crippling fracture of the hip.

       Dozens of studies show that increasing calcium intake can be vital

in slowing bone loss and reducing fracture rates brought on by osteo-

porosis. This is especially true when calcium is taken with vitamin D,

which increases the ability of the body to absorb the mineral.

       In a 1992 French study of 1765 women over age 69, those were

given supplements containing 1200 mg. of calcium and 20 micrograms

of vitamin D had an average 2.7 -percent increase in bone mass in

the hips and thighs after 18 months.  Women taking only a placebo suf-

fered a 4.6 -percent loss in bone mass. Over the same period,  the women

taking calcium and vitamin D had 43 -percent fewer hip fractures than the

control group.

        Many experts think that the time to start increasing calcium intake is

in adolescents, when most adult bone mass is being formed. According to

Dr. Robert P. Heaney, professor of medicine at Omaha's Creighton Univer-

sity, "There's very good evidence that at least the last two generations of

American women have consumed an inadequate amount of calcium begin-

ing in puberty. "As baby boomers grow older, say Heaney, osteoporosis

could become an epidemic. Luckily it's never too late to start getting

plenty of the vital mineral. 

Introducing…

OsteoProCare