Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a medical condition characterised by thin and brittle bones. It is diagnosed statistically via a special scan that identifies the level of bone mineral density (BMD) in key areas like the upper femur and lumbar spine. When the BMD is more than 2.5 standard deviations below that of a young adult the bone is deemed osteoporotic.

Such bones are at risk of fracture with minimal trauma. Fractures of the arm, leg and spinal bones are a great cause of disability and death in the elderly and infirm. A number of risk factors are identified including lack of physical exercise, hormone deficiency, smoking, poor diet, thyroid and kidney disease.

Osteoporosis can also occur as the result of chronic protozoal infections in the spinal cord and spinal nerves. When protozoal parasites like Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona attack the nervous system, repairs require the provision of phospholipids. Phospholipids contain a phosphate molecule bonded to organic molecules like serine and choline. The parasites also need phosphate molecules to construct their own phospholipids.

After water, phosphate molecules and calcium are the commonest substances in our bodies as they make up the bulk of our bones. We consume plenty of phosphate in a traditional western diet but vegans and vegetarians can miss out if they exclude dairy, meat and fish.

As the number of nerve parasites increases, increasing amounts of phosphate needs to be mobilised into the blood stream. Many people solve this problem by consuming plenty of high phosphate foods like cola, dairy, meat and chocolate. However many health conscious people have removed such phosphate sources from their diet and must resort to their bone for phosphate supplies. They strip their bone down to access phosphate supplies and in the process, the calcium that was previously bound with the phosphate is lost down the toilet as it is not needed in such quantities. This calcium loss is detected in urine tests and has led to the focus of osteoporosis treatment being directed at calcium supplementation.

As the infection builds, other detrimental effects occurs. The body can only resume phosphate from the bone at a certain rate (controlled by parathyroid hormone), and once demand exceeds supply, the phosphate derived must be rationed. One important metabolic process that suffers is the conversion of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to its active form (pyridoxal-5-phosphate), a vitamin required for the production of many hormones and proteins. One of the most important is production of the amino-acid cysteine. Cysteine is the compound holding insulin together. Six cysteine atoms hold the two chains of insulin together in a set of three double sulphur to sulphur bonds. With little insulin, blood sugar levels rise and the Toxoplasma parasite multiplies even more rapidly, making use of the extra glucose available.

Long-term diabetics suffer with loss of sensation in their feet, a condition called peripheral neuropathy. This may be the direct result of nerve destruction by Toxoplasma gondii and other protozoa, fuelled by the high glucose levels available. Cysteine is used to hold together many other proteins in the body, especially in the skin, hair and nails.

Other important processes to suffer from pyridoxal-5-phosphate deficiency include:
- the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin;
- the conversion of tyrosine to noradrenalin (nerve signal transmission);
- the formation of dopamine (brain neurotransmitter);
- the formation of melanin (skin pigment).

Thus depression, fatigue, poor mentation and skin pallor can also occur in an osteoporotic person.

Another key phosphate-rich molecule that suffers is ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate). Lack of ATP translates to a lack of energy as ATP is the currency of energy in our mitochondria. A state of persistent fatigue is the consequence.

The current focus on hormone replacement, calcium, magnesium, and boron supplements, may be missing a fundamental cause of osteoporosis, namely the response of the body to the nerve damage being caused by parasites. The use of biphosphonate drugs (Didrocal, Fosamax) to block bone osteoclast cells from resorbing bone to extract phosphate may be problematic if dietary phosphate is inadequate. Vitamin D analogues like Rocaltrol that stimulate bone formation could aggravate metabolic problems if phosphate supplies are limited. The use of the heavy metal strontium to poison bone metabolism just does not seem like good medicine.

Nerve parasites can be detected and destroyed by Bioresonance medical technology. Michael has been doing this for over 20 years. Read more about the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and other protozoa.