Vitamin D for Osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis is a disease that causes low bone mineral density and can lead to increased bone fractures. Osteoporosis is linked to low calcium intake. Vitamin D is found to help absorb the calcium into the bone. Vitamin D has been added to calcium supplements recently for this reason.

For vitamins to make a "health claim," the claim itself must be approved by the FDA. The FDA just finalized an amendment to add vitamin D to the claim that calcium helps to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

Postmenopausal women are the most likely to develop osteoporosis, though it may also develop in men. It is recommended that women in their twenties start taking a calcium supplement with vitamin D to help fight against osteoporosis later in life.