Osteoporosis – benefit from fasting?

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westside127

10:37 pm
3 May 14
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Hello. My wife is wondering if there is any evidence as of yet for improvement to osteoporosis due to intermittent fasting. Many thanks.

JIPWGP

8:05 am
8 May 14
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Hello west side, I have osteoporosis due to taking steroids for the last 3 years or so, I think any weight lose must be good to take the weight off our poor old bones. tell your wife to keep fasting and to read these threads they are fun and informative. Ladies of a certain age is a good one to start with. JIP

westside127

1:39 pm
8 May 14
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Thank you, JIPWGP.

Auriga

8:29 pm
6 Jun 14
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I don’t think there is enough information on this at all .

Sue_L

2:34 pm
3 Dec 14
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Hi. It seems to me this is an important issue that needs proper investigation by the Fast Diet people. There was no suggestion in the Fast Diet book that the diet was good or bad for osteoporosis. At the very least I think a suitable diet could be suggested as this is an issue that would affect most women over 50. Speaking personally as a lady over 50 with a history of thinning bones in the family, I would be reluctant to stay on this diet long term in case it had a negative affect on my bones.

PaulAndCarol

7:35 pm
26 Jun 15
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Ladies over 50 should regularly have a DEXA scan (every few years) to monitor their bone density and if necessary get treatment. Don’t wait until you break a bone to discover that your bones are wasting away and are brittle.

I can’t see how the 5:2 diet would reduce osteoporosis.

NofOne

5:35 am
27 Jun 15
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I’m not qualified to give anyone a medical opinion, but there is some reason to believe that any type of dieting is at least somewhat more likely to promote osteoporosis than it is to prevent it. Whether 5:2 or other IF is more or less likely to promote bone loss is an interesting question.

See: Role of ghrelin and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in the development of osteoporosis in inflammatory bowel disease. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20921904)