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Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause
Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause
Anita Weier, "Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause", Capital
Times, January 13, 2007,
Link: * w w w .madison . com /tct/news/index.php?ntid=114801&ntpid=5
Could prunes reverse bone loss after menopause?
A professor at Florida State University thinks so, and is starting a
test aimed at proving what preliminary findings show.
Professor Bahram Arjmandi previously conducted studies that indicated
that prunes restored lost bone in rats. A following study found that
blood profiles indicative of bone health increased in postmenopausal
women who ate prunes.
"Prune-eating slowed bone breakdown and helped bone formation," he said
in a phone interview Friday. "That is not done by most other foods."
Arjmandi - who prefers to call prunes dried plums - said it is vital to
expand the range of effective treatment options for osteoporosis,
because 10 million Americans have the debilitating disease and another
34 million are at risk.
Postmenopausal women are particularly susceptible to fractures due to
osteoporotic bone loss, and up to 20 percent of that loss can occur
within just five to seven years after menopause, he said.
The one-year clinical study at FSU will involve 144 Florida women. Half
of the women will supplement their daily diets with nine or 10 prunes.
The other half will consume a comparable portion of dried apples, which
also have known health benefits. Participants also will take daily
supplements of calcium and Vitamin D. No one will be getting a placebo,
and everyone will benefit in some manner, he said.
"If the findings are positive, they could help researchers isolate the
compounds responsible," he said. "It may be possible to create a safe,
low-cost alternative or adjunct to prescription medications for
osteoporosis."
If the study succeeds in increasing bone density, he would conduct a
larger and longer study focusing on fracture outcomes, Arjmandi added.
Prunes and prune juice have a number of health benefits, with the best
known being reduction of constipation.
E-mail: aweier@madison . com
Anita Weier, "Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause", Capital
Times, January 13, 2007,
Link: * w w w .madison . com /tct/news/index.php?ntid=114801&ntpid=5
Could prunes reverse bone loss after menopause?
A professor at Florida State University thinks so, and is starting a
test aimed at proving what preliminary findings show.
Professor Bahram Arjmandi previously conducted studies that indicated
that prunes restored lost bone in rats. A following study found that
blood profiles indicative of bone health increased in postmenopausal
women who ate prunes.
"Prune-eating slowed bone breakdown and helped bone formation," he said
in a phone interview Friday. "That is not done by most other foods."
Arjmandi - who prefers to call prunes dried plums - said it is vital to
expand the range of effective treatment options for osteoporosis,
because 10 million Americans have the debilitating disease and another
34 million are at risk.
Postmenopausal women are particularly susceptible to fractures due to
osteoporotic bone loss, and up to 20 percent of that loss can occur
within just five to seven years after menopause, he said.
The one-year clinical study at FSU will involve 144 Florida women. Half
of the women will supplement their daily diets with nine or 10 prunes.
The other half will consume a comparable portion of dried apples, which
also have known health benefits. Participants also will take daily
supplements of calcium and Vitamin D. No one will be getting a placebo,
and everyone will benefit in some manner, he said.
"If the findings are positive, they could help researchers isolate the
compounds responsible," he said. "It may be possible to create a safe,
low-cost alternative or adjunct to prescription medications for
osteoporosis."
If the study succeeds in increasing bone density, he would conduct a
larger and longer study focusing on fracture outcomes, Arjmandi added.
Prunes and prune juice have a number of health benefits, with the best
known being reduction of constipation.
E-mail: aweier@madison . com
Re: Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause
Maybe it's worth trying it now- I don't have the time to wait for the
results to be in. I assume that's a test where they don't stop
everything because the science went wrong. I already eat dried
apricots and raisins in eighth cup amounts, Toci
Roman Bystrianyk wrote:
> Anita Weier, "Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause", Capital
> Times, January 13, 2007,
> Link: * w w w .madison . com /tct/news/index.php?ntid=114801&ntpid=5
>
> Could prunes reverse bone loss after menopause?
>
> A professor at Florida State University thinks so, and is starting a
> test aimed at proving what preliminary findings show.
>
> Professor Bahram Arjmandi previously conducted studies that indicated
> that prunes restored lost bone in rats. A following study found that
> blood profiles indicative of bone health increased in postmenopausal
> women who ate prunes.
>
> "Prune-eating slowed bone breakdown and helped bone formation," he said
> in a phone interview Friday. "That is not done by most other foods."
>
> Arjmandi - who prefers to call prunes dried plums - said it is vital to
> expand the range of effective treatment options for osteoporosis,
> because 10 million Americans have the debilitating disease and another
> 34 million are at risk.
>
> Postmenopausal women are particularly susceptible to fractures due to
> osteoporotic bone loss, and up to 20 percent of that loss can occur
> within just five to seven years after menopause, he said.
>
> The one-year clinical study at FSU will involve 144 Florida women. Half
> of the women will supplement their daily diets with nine or 10 prunes.
> The other half will consume a comparable portion of dried apples, which
> also have known health benefits. Participants also will take daily
> supplements of calcium and Vitamin D. No one will be getting a placebo,
> and everyone will benefit in some manner, he said.
>
> "If the findings are positive, they could help researchers isolate the
> compounds responsible," he said. "It may be possible to create a safe,
> low-cost alternative or adjunct to prescription medications for
> osteoporosis."
>
> If the study succeeds in increasing bone density, he would conduct a
> larger and longer study focusing on fracture outcomes, Arjmandi added.
>
> Prunes and prune juice have a number of health benefits, with the best
> known being reduction of constipation.
>
> E-mail: aweier@madison . com
Maybe it's worth trying it now- I don't have the time to wait for the
results to be in. I assume that's a test where they don't stop
everything because the science went wrong. I already eat dried
apricots and raisins in eighth cup amounts, Toci
Roman Bystrianyk wrote:
> Anita Weier, "Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause", Capital
> Times, January 13, 2007,
> Link: * w w w .madison . com /tct/news/index.php?ntid=114801&ntpid=5
>
> Could prunes reverse bone loss after menopause?
>
> A professor at Florida State University thinks so, and is starting a
> test aimed at proving what preliminary findings show.
>
> Professor Bahram Arjmandi previously conducted studies that indicated
> that prunes restored lost bone in rats. A following study found that
> blood profiles indicative of bone health increased in postmenopausal
> women who ate prunes.
>
> "Prune-eating slowed bone breakdown and helped bone formation," he said
> in a phone interview Friday. "That is not done by most other foods."
>
> Arjmandi - who prefers to call prunes dried plums - said it is vital to
> expand the range of effective treatment options for osteoporosis,
> because 10 million Americans have the debilitating disease and another
> 34 million are at risk.
>
> Postmenopausal women are particularly susceptible to fractures due to
> osteoporotic bone loss, and up to 20 percent of that loss can occur
> within just five to seven years after menopause, he said.
>
> The one-year clinical study at FSU will involve 144 Florida women. Half
> of the women will supplement their daily diets with nine or 10 prunes.
> The other half will consume a comparable portion of dried apples, which
> also have known health benefits. Participants also will take daily
> supplements of calcium and Vitamin D. No one will be getting a placebo,
> and everyone will benefit in some manner, he said.
>
> "If the findings are positive, they could help researchers isolate the
> compounds responsible," he said. "It may be possible to create a safe,
> low-cost alternative or adjunct to prescription medications for
> osteoporosis."
>
> If the study succeeds in increasing bone density, he would conduct a
> larger and longer study focusing on fracture outcomes, Arjmandi added.
>
> Prunes and prune juice have a number of health benefits, with the best
> known being reduction of constipation.
>
> E-mail: aweier@madison . com
Re: Prunes may strengthen bones -again
Just read these posts about studies of prunes.
Some studies go back over 7 years...they began with rodents. First
they did female rats and then male's who were deficient in hormones.
Then there was a study published in 2002 with human beings.
The study with human beings found that 100 gr made a difference. -
that's a good deal of prunes and some folks find that the effects are
too much of a laxitive.
If you want to read the chemistry and summary of the studies, there's
been a page at
* w w w .osteopenia3 . com /Osteopenia-dried-plums.html for a couple
months.
I have wondered, given the study of male rats with low male homones,
if this would be a good thing for men with bone loss. I am hoping
that the researchers at Oklahoma will be encouraged to do a study of
men.
Kate
w w w .osteopenia . com
toci wrote:
> Maybe it's worth trying it now- I don't have the time to wait for the
> results to be in. I assume that's a test where they don't stop
> everything because the science went wrong. I already eat dried
> apricots and raisins in eighth cup amounts, Toci
> Roman Bystrianyk wrote:
> > Anita Weier, "Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause", Capital
> > Times, January 13, 2007,
> > Link: * w w w .madison . com /tct/news/index.php?ntid=114801&ntpid=5
> >
> > Could prunes reverse bone loss after menopause?
> >
> > A professor at Florida State University thinks so, and is starting a
> > test aimed at proving what preliminary findings show.
> >
> > Professor Bahram Arjmandi previously conducted studies that indicated
> > that prunes restored lost bone in rats. A following study found that
> > blood profiles indicative of bone health increased in postmenopausal
> > women who ate prunes.
> >
> > "Prune-eating slowed bone breakdown and helped bone formation," he said
> > in a phone interview Friday. "That is not done by most other foods."
> >
> > Arjmandi - who prefers to call prunes dried plums - said it is vital to
> > expand the range of effective treatment options for osteoporosis,
> > because 10 million Americans have the debilitating disease and another
> > 34 million are at risk.
> >
> > Postmenopausal women are particularly susceptible to fractures due to
> > osteoporotic bone loss, and up to 20 percent of that loss can occur
> > within just five to seven years after menopause, he said.
> >
> > The one-year clinical study at FSU will involve 144 Florida women. Half
> > of the women will supplement their daily diets with nine or 10 prunes.
> > The other half will consume a comparable portion of dried apples, which
> > also have known health benefits. Participants also will take daily
> > supplements of calcium and Vitamin D. No one will be getting a placebo,
> > and everyone will benefit in some manner, he said.
> >
> > "If the findings are positive, they could help researchers isolate the
> > compounds responsible," he said. "It may be possible to create a safe,
> > low-cost alternative or adjunct to prescription medications for
> > osteoporosis."
> >
> > If the study succeeds in increasing bone density, he would conduct a
> > larger and longer study focusing on fracture outcomes, Arjmandi added.
> >
> > Prunes and prune juice have a number of health benefits, with the best
> > known being reduction of constipation.
> >
> > E-mail: aweier@madison . com
Just read these posts about studies of prunes.
Some studies go back over 7 years...they began with rodents. First
they did female rats and then male's who were deficient in hormones.
Then there was a study published in 2002 with human beings.
The study with human beings found that 100 gr made a difference. -
that's a good deal of prunes and some folks find that the effects are
too much of a laxitive.
If you want to read the chemistry and summary of the studies, there's
been a page at
* w w w .osteopenia3 . com /Osteopenia-dried-plums.html for a couple
months.
I have wondered, given the study of male rats with low male homones,
if this would be a good thing for men with bone loss. I am hoping
that the researchers at Oklahoma will be encouraged to do a study of
men.
Kate
w w w .osteopenia . com
toci wrote:
> Maybe it's worth trying it now- I don't have the time to wait for the
> results to be in. I assume that's a test where they don't stop
> everything because the science went wrong. I already eat dried
> apricots and raisins in eighth cup amounts, Toci
> Roman Bystrianyk wrote:
> > Anita Weier, "Prunes may strengthen bones after menopause", Capital
> > Times, January 13, 2007,
> > Link: * w w w .madison . com /tct/news/index.php?ntid=114801&ntpid=5
> >
> > Could prunes reverse bone loss after menopause?
> >
> > A professor at Florida State University thinks so, and is starting a
> > test aimed at proving what preliminary findings show.
> >
> > Professor Bahram Arjmandi previously conducted studies that indicated
> > that prunes restored lost bone in rats. A following study found that
> > blood profiles indicative of bone health increased in postmenopausal
> > women who ate prunes.
> >
> > "Prune-eating slowed bone breakdown and helped bone formation," he said
> > in a phone interview Friday. "That is not done by most other foods."
> >
> > Arjmandi - who prefers to call prunes dried plums - said it is vital to
> > expand the range of effective treatment options for osteoporosis,
> > because 10 million Americans have the debilitating disease and another
> > 34 million are at risk.
> >
> > Postmenopausal women are particularly susceptible to fractures due to
> > osteoporotic bone loss, and up to 20 percent of that loss can occur
> > within just five to seven years after menopause, he said.
> >
> > The one-year clinical study at FSU will involve 144 Florida women. Half
> > of the women will supplement their daily diets with nine or 10 prunes.
> > The other half will consume a comparable portion of dried apples, which
> > also have known health benefits. Participants also will take daily
> > supplements of calcium and Vitamin D. No one will be getting a placebo,
> > and everyone will benefit in some manner, he said.
> >
> > "If the findings are positive, they could help researchers isolate the
> > compounds responsible," he said. "It may be possible to create a safe,
> > low-cost alternative or adjunct to prescription medications for
> > osteoporosis."
> >
> > If the study succeeds in increasing bone density, he would conduct a
> > larger and longer study focusing on fracture outcomes, Arjmandi added.
> >
> > Prunes and prune juice have a number of health benefits, with the best
> > known being reduction of constipation.
> >
> > E-mail: aweier@madison . com
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