"Fosomax-type" drugs create bones more prone to fracture and there are natural alternatives to produce strong healthy bones.

These were the topics addressed by Health Action Network's guest speaker Allan Lawry to a receptive audience November 26th following the Annual General Meeting.

Health and wellness coach Lawry outlined his Healthy Bones Program of diet, exercise and vitamins to prevent or improve osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis is a condition where bones become porous and weakened.

Being "dense" can be a good thing. Usually, the denser the bone the less likely you are to break or fracture it.

Yet, Lawry says, "Fosomax-type" drugs currently on the market that do make your bones denser create a higher risk for fracture after four or five years.

Normally, osteoclasts remove old bone from bone tissue and create small holes in the process and then osteoblasts fill in these holes with a "mortar" of calcium, minerals and collagen. Hormones play a part as well as exercise and diet.

Exhausted osteoblasts are one of the prime reasons for bone loss.

To make the bone denser, "Fosomax-type" drugs, Lawry says, block the osteoclasts from removing the old bone and therefore the bone is denser. However, by keeping this old bone material in place the bones actually become more brittle. As a result, instead of preventing fractures these drugs can contribute to them.

Lawry says he first started his 10-year research and development of his Healthy Bones Program when he began to hear of people fracturing their femur after being on these drugs for a few years.

His program deals with the causes of bone weakening such as lack of magnesium, excessive acidity, low hormone levels, low intake of key nutrients, lack of exercise and "bone robbers." Bone robbers include smoking , excess coffee, pop, alcohol and other dietary factors and also commonly subscribed drugs.

Lawry believes osteoporosis is promoted as a disease by drug companies to deceive the public into thinking that they can "cure" the problem with drugs. He says that it is not a disease but a process that is not functioning properly.

Lawry, of Allan Lawry Health and Fitness Coaching, expects to have a book out soon on his Healthy Bones Program.

Volunteer contributor Trish Lyons has been a HANS member since 2002.

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