Calcium tablets — do they end up in the bones or the arteries?

„The reason people die of cardiovascular disease usually begins with inflammation and progressive calcification, not cholesterol levels. The correlations between inflammation, calcification and death by cardiovascular disease (CVD) are much stronger than the correlations between cholesterol levels and death by CVD (Bolland et al., 2008). Following the guidelines of the American Heart Association (AHA) may be useful for liability and good business, but is not always useful for maintaining optimal health. To understand what is happening inside the body, just look at images of vascular calcification.”The reason people die of cardiovascular disease usually begins with inflammation and progressive calcification, not cholesterol levels. The correlations between inflammation, calcification and death by cardiovascular disease (CVD) are much stronger than for correlations between cholesterol levels and death by CVD (Bolland et al, 2008). Following the guidelines of the American Heart Association (AHA) may be useful for liability and good business, but is not always useful for maintaining optimal health. To understand what's going on inside of the body, just take a look at the images of vascular calcification.

„(2010) Estrogen inhibits vascular calcification via the vascular RANKL system: common mechanism of osteoporosis and vascular calcification. Circ Res. 107:466-475. Das UN (2002) Nitric oxide as the mediator of the antiosteoporotic actions of estrogen, statins, and essential fatty acids. Exp Biol Med.”(2010) Estrogen inhibits vascular calcification via vascular RANKL system: common mechanism of osteoporosis and vascular calcification. Circ Res. 107:466-475. Das UN (2002) Nitric oxide as the mediator of the antiosteoporotic actions of estrogen, statins, and essential fatty acids. Exp Biol Med.

„Additional clinical observations, including the long-term maintenance of excellent bone density and low coronary calcium burden in the author and several other patients, further support the hypothesis that bone health reflects broader metabolic, nutritional, hormonal and vascular physiology rather than calcium metabolism alone. Representative clinical observations from our practice are summarized in Table 1. These cases demonstrate improvements in bone density occurring alongside improvements in vascular health markers, including carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores.”Additional clinical observations, including long-term maintenance of excellent bone density and low coronary calcium burden in the author and several other patients, further support the hypothesis that bone health reflects broader metabolic, nutritional, hormonal, and vascular physiology rather than calcium metabolism alone. Representative clinical observations from our practice are summarized in Table 1. These cases demonstrate improvement in bone density occurring concurrently with improvement in vascular health markers, including carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores.