Bone health
40 supplements analyzed and ranked by clinical evidence.
Supplement Evidence
BMD +4% / -23.5pp
PTH ↓, Ca absorption ↑
Fractures ↓, BMD ↑
↑25OHD ↓PTH
↑BMD ↓resorption
Resorption ↓45%, formation ↑23%
BMD ↑6–10%, resorption ↓
Bone activation +ucOC↓
BMD +1–5%
Spine/hip BMD ↑
Resorption markers ↓
BMD/fracture: +1.6%, -10%
Vitamin D/PTH: +33.4, -PTH
↓ urine calcium, +BMD
+citrate, -acid load
Bone density/turnover +1.7%
Bone healing/stability
Spine/hip BMD +1-3%
Hormones up, BMD stable
Bone turnover improved
Bone growth + density
Bone turnover ↓
BMD +6.9%
Bone formation ↑
Resorption markers ↓
CTX -37%; BMD +1.6%
ALP/Hydroxyproline ↓
BMD loss ↓35-43%
Less resorption, +BMD
IGF-1, PTH, BMD
BMD ↑4.4% / fractures ↓76.7%
Bone resorption ↓33% / CTX
Resorption ↓15%
BMD/BMC ↑
+10.3 g BMC
Bone loss −3.5→−1.3%
Bone density/geometry +
Bone markers +15%
Enamel remineralization +70%
Bone breakdown↓; inflammation↓
BMD↑; resorption↓
Calcium absorption↑
Spine BMD: +1.48%
Bone Mn: dose-dependent
Spine BMD +4.1%
Bone markers improved
Bone loss slowed
↑n-3, ↓resorption
↑Ca retention, ↑BMD
Vitamin D/PTH: +2% BMD
Leucine EAA: BMC preserved
↑ Bone density +1.5%
Bone strength/formation unchanged
Bone loss -3.6%
Goiter shrinkage -44%
↑ BMD, strength
↓ resorption, healing
CTx -0.05
Bone markers estrogen-like
Bone markers improved
+? bone turnover
No endometrial gain
Bone resorption ↓15%
Bone resorption ↓17%
Bone index ↑
Bone formation markers +49.7%
Bone events 3% vs 11%
BMD↑; BGP↑
CRP↓
Bone age/growth +
Hormones/organ volumes +
Bone resorption −37%
Bone thickness +21%
Preserved femoral BMD
P1NP unchanged
Bone loss ↓1.1–1.35 mm
Bone density +273 HU
↑TAC, ↓NTx
↑lycopene, ↓oxidative stress
↓ resorption, ↑ formation
IGF-1 changed
↑ bone formation markers
↓ bone resorption marker
BMD↑; PTH↓
Bone resorption↓
Ca absorption↑
Bone density/strength +6-28%
Bone density + strength
OPN +53.29 day3
Bone healing improved