You can improve bone health naturally, but it goes beyond calcium. This article explains key lifestyle and nutritional factors, and how ENERGYbits® can help. 

As we age, our body begins to break down bone faster than it can rebuild it. This gradual loss in bone density increases the risk for fractures, especially in menopausal women and athletes.

Many of the public health messages around bone health have been so focused on calcium, that most people nowadays overconsume calcium, while underconsuming magnesium and potassium [1]. Your bones are a dynamic living tissue that needs a lot more than just calcium to stay strong and healthy. It’s totally possible to maintain strong bones as you age by focusing on the right balance of nutrients, antioxidants, strength training, and other lifestyle factors. This article shares what you need to do to keep your bones healthy for years to come, and how algae tablets can help.

Factors to consider for bone density and how algae tablets can help

Bone health is shaped by a mix of genetics and lifestyle. The good news is that many of the most influential factors are within our control! While genes set the foundation for how strong our bones can become, the choices we make around diet, physical activity, and environment can significantly influence bone density [2]. Here are key factors that most people tend to overlook as they work to improve bone health.

Bone nutrients

Most people don’t know that their nutrition status is directly linked to their bone mineral density [3]. Getting enough bone-supporting nutrients is essential to maintaining strong bones, especially as we get older [3]. 

Here are some of the big ones:

Calcium

Calcium is a cornerstone of strong bones, and a calcium deficiency can weaken bones over time [2]. This is because it’s also a crucial electrolyte for muscle and nerve functions. When intake is low, your body pulls calcium out of the bone tissue. We also see absorption rates decline as we get older and with low vitamin D levels [4].

Magnesium

Magnesium is a key component of bones. It’s also involved in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body, including in stress recovery and vitamin D activation. Magnesium helps balance calcium in many places throughout your body [5]. Plus, most of us don’t get enough of it! RECOVERYbits® provides 28 mg of magnesium per serving in an almost 1:1 ratio with calcium. This can be a good way to ensure you are increasing your dietary magnesium intake.

Vitamin D

Vitamin D, an important fat-soluble vitamin, helps your body better absorb calcium from your diet [2]. Sunlight prompts your skin to produce it, but with age this ability starts to decline. RECOVERYbits® contains 14 mcg (560 IU) of vitamin D per serving!

Clinical trials suggest that many people struggle to increase their vitamin D levels with supplements, requiring high doses [6]. However, algae tablets effectively increase serum vitamin D and the corresponding bone building signal called osteocalcin. Also, the researchers observed an increase in bone formation activity and in the number of bone-building cells [7]. 

When they looked at imaging, they saw these benefits in bone structures, with minerals being added back into bone [7]. 

In other words, algae tablets may provide more bioavailable vitamin D and bone-building benefits than vitamin D supplements at the same dose.

Vitamin K

Vitamin K helps move calcium into bone, by activating a specific molecule called osteocalcin [8]. It also helps reduce bone turnover (excess bone breakdown) and may even improve bone quality without increasing bone mineral content [8]. RECOVERYbits® chlorella provides 146 mcg of vitamin K1, and 3 mcg of vitamin K2!

Phosphorus

Phosphorus, as phosphate, is also another key component of bones. It partners with calcium to make bone tissues. [9]. ENERGYbits® is a fantastic source, providing 78 mg per serving!

Potassium

Potassium is a crucial electrolyte in your blood. It also helps maintain acid-base balance (more on this below) and protect bone calcium stores [10]. ENERGYbits® provides 122 mg of this key mineral.

Crucial trace minerals for bones

• Zinc, helpful for supporting bone repair enzymes and collagen synthesis, is also found in good amounts in algae tablets, with ENERGYbits® providing 140 mg/serving [11].

• Manganese, found in a dose of 391 mcg in RECOVERYbits®, helps with bone formation and connective tissue maintenance [11].

• Boron is crucial for bone growth, formation, and mineralization. It also helps with magnesium absorption [12]. ENERGYbits® provides 75 mcg per serving. 

Acid-alkaline balance

Your blood is typically slightly alkaline, which is vital for everything to function optimally. Your body keeps the blood in this narrow alkalinity partly by buffering the extra acidity with minerals from bones, and excreting acid into the urine. When our acid-alkaline balance is off, it impact bone health [13]. 

Modern diets are high in animal proteins, refined grains, and processed foods, which tend to create an acidic environment in the body [13]. To help neutralize this acidity, your body draws on calcium from your bones [13]. Over time, this can contribute to a process called “bone demineralization,” or the loss of minerals from bones [13].

In contrast, diets rich in alkalizing foods, which primarily come from plants – leafy greens, fruits, vegetables, and spirulina and chlorella – help buffer the acidity [13]. So, your body doesn’t need to pull as many minerals from bones, preserving bone mineral content. This reduces bone turnover and promotes calcium retention [13].

Cortisol and stress management

We all know that stress is bad, but did you know it can also impact your bone health?

When stress becomes chronic and cortisol levels are high, it can disrupt the balance between bone formation and bone breakdown [14]. Excess cortisol inhibits bone-building cells called osteoblasts, while promoting the activity of bone-destructing cells called osteoclasts [15].

Over long periods of time, this imbalance can impact bone mineral density [15].

We also see stress negatively impact everything else your bones need, like getting good quality sleep, exercise, and nutrition.

The good news is that algae tablets are an adaptogen that can support your body’s stress reserve and stress recovery.

In a rat study, spirulina significantly reduced serum levels of cortisol and restored antioxidant capacity [16]. This points towards potential benefits of using algae tablets to help buffer the stress response [16].

Adding in VITALITYbits® to your daily routine can be a great adjunctive support for your body’s stress response, giving your body the nutrition it needs to keep calm.

 

Supporting collagen production

Collagen provides the main scaffold that glues the various minerals together, giving your bones flexibility and resilience [17].

As we get older, collagen production tends to naturally decline throughout the body. This can weaken the bone matrix and contribute to bone loss.

BEAUTYbits® spirulina contains key nutrients that help with collagen production – vitamin C, glycine, proline, and lysine [18]. It’s a more sustainable way to stimulate collagen production and build bones than collagen peptides.

Plus, algae tablets are rich in plant-based protein. Because protein makes up roughly half of bone structure, it is key for bone renewal and repair [19]. Research shows that higher protein intake, especially in older adults, is linked to better bone strength [19].

Weight-bearing exercises

A healthy diet alone is not enough to support bone health; you need to stimulate strong bones with movement and gravity.

Weight building exercises include walking, running, lifting, jumping, or dancing–whatever you can enjoy consistently. Particularly, lifting weights and strength training are the most powerful at building both muscles and bones [20]. The mechanical stress from these types of activities helps stimulate osteoblasts to lay down new bone tissue [20].

One study in menopausal women found that a simple strength training routine significantly improved bone density in just six months [20]. Compared to their baseline bone scans, women in the strength training group had better bone mineral density, while the control group had no change.

Not only that, weight-bearing activity helps preserve muscle mass, a crucial component for balance, fall prevention, and independence into old age. Even small amounts of this type of movement, when done consistently, can be a game-changer for bone health.

Pair your workout routine with ENERGYbits® to give you the energy and nutrients you need to complete those reps, get stronger, and recover optimally.

Antioxidants

Aging comes with reduced antioxidant capacity, which can be bad for all bodily systems, including bones [21].

Excess oxidants can:

• Slow down bone-building osteoblasts.

• Interfere with bone structures like collagen.

• Reduce bone density.

• Cause bone cells to die [21].

Antioxidants from foods like algae tablets help neutralize these harmful molecules, protecting bone cells and supporting the process of bone remodelling [21]. Vitamin C, vitamin E, glutathione, and the enzyme superoxide dismutase are key players in this defense system, and are richly found in algae tablets!

In rats with high oxidative stress, spirulina activates antioxidant defenses, helping enhance markers of bone formation like osteocalcin [7]. As a result, the spirulina-fed rats had stronger and better-structured bones [7].

By protecting bone tissue from oxidative damage, antioxidant-rich foods and supplements may contribute to stronger, more resilient bones—especially if you’re concerned with aging and stress.

 

Conclusion

If supporting bone health is on your wellness priority list this summer, ENERGYbits® is here for you!

Algae tablets are a powerful bone-supporting food source of bone essential vitamins and minerals that many people are deficient in. They also boost alkalinizing effects, antioxidants, and adaptogenic support.

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