I've been doing some of the same research...
What I'm struggling to find is an overall picture of the factors that affect osteoclasts and osteoblasts, causing buildup and breakdown of bone.
It seems these must be balanced, generally, for bone to be mmaintained..if out of balance, as with lack of estrogen in menopause, bone can be lost. Or bone can be regained of the balance is tipped the other way.
The drugs seem to be a "brute force" approach, and none do the job well.
It seems to me that finding some recipe of calcium, magnesium, boron, strontium, vanadium, vitamins D and K, hormones, weight bearing exercise, and ??? can do it. I've read accounts of women reversing bone loss and improving DEXA scores.
I'd like to know more about the dynamics of this model, as I have challenges to work around - so much ability to exercise, need to be on hydrocortisone to function, limit in how much estriol I can take, inability to make TSH, etc. so is like to be able to manipulate the model to move toward making bone given these challenges and compensating somehow.
Has anyone seen such a model anywhere?
That would be great, but all natural dedicated products seem to contain allergens making them unusable for some of us.
Sorry I don't think I know more than you do @Learner1 re that model. Are you past menopause yourself?
Incidentally in your first post on here you mention that TSH (suppressed I guess you mean) is detrimental to bones. Not everyone agrees with this and certainly not patient groups. There is research both ways it seems. Not enough research re T3 as not very much studied but there is some re T3 usage both with T4 and without (the 20 year study in Scotland). Although it doesn't quote TSH levels, I am guessing that those on T3 only would definitely have suppressed TSH and yet no evidence of more fractures.
Like you, I have read accounts of women regaining bone, but we never know all the variables of why they lost that bone. it can be due to so many things.
I take most of the supplements that you do (not vanadium I think and am dipping my toe in slowly re strontium). I also take collagen as I believe I have a problem there and it has made a difference to my creaking in my knees so maybe it's doing good somewhere else. Someone keeps posting on an osteoporosis forum about muscle testing (someone in Canada) but it all sounds a bit whacky to my way of thinking. My own experience of a muscle tester didn't make me feel I wanted to pursue it more. http://www.muscletesting.com/osteoporosis/
I certainly have problems re exercising and things have got worse with my recent redetached retina operation on top plus immune issues so I feel ill most of the winter. I do what I can and try and get out in the garden in the summer. I sometimes wonder if the whole weight bearing thing is overdone re what some people think is necessary. I looked on Dr Myhill's page and she seems to think that quite a small amount is needed each week for regenerating bone 'Take regular Exercise, 12 minutes a week is enough, to stimulate formation of bone and improve endogenous growth hormone production.'
I certainly take more exercise than that! Some people on forums go on about the miles they are walking, and I wonder if it really makes any difference.
I bought a rebounder just before my first detached retina, which was intended to help with fitness and possibly bones, but then I found out that you should not be bouncing with a detached retina so I became very cautious and never really got going on it, and once it got repaired there were other problems, like it redetaching! . Plus some people say it doesn't help anyway. I don't really have enough energy for it right now....