Vitamin C Protects Some Elderly Men From Bone Loss

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Zaidi added that laboratory experiments have shown that vitamin C inhibits bone reabsorption. To clearly establish that vitamin C protects men and women against bone loss as they age, Zaidi said that a randomized, double-blind, large clinical trial is needed. The problem is that because vitamin C can't be patented, drug companies, which usually finance this type of clinical trial, aren't interested, he said.

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The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has more on exercise and bone health.

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