<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> As part of my annual check up, my doctor sent me for a bone density test. I am under 50 and have recently started to have menopause symptoms. You can imagine my surprise when the doctor told me I have osteoporosis and already show a 16 percent loss in bone density!!! She assures me this is related to menopause and has given me a prescription for Didrocal, a "bone metabolism regulator" that is supposed to halt the leaching of calcium from the bones and actually help to rebuild bone. It is for "bone loss associated with menopause". Given my age, I have real doubts that I could have lost that much bone so soon, especially since I've been taking over 1300 mg of calcium and over 650 mg of magnesium daily for the past year since I cut down on dairy consumption. I am very, very tempted to believe this problem is related to malabsorption before I went GF. Anyone think this is a reasonable theory? In the past year, my B12 and folate levels have increased by a factor of five, which the doctor says is likely because my bouts of diarrhea have decreased significantly since I went GF/dairy restricted. Could calcium have been leached from my system (or at least not adequately absorbed) over the three years before I discovered I was wheat intolerant? (biopsies were not considered abnormal, so I have not been officially diagnosed as celiac) Are there any other people on this list who have osteoporosis? I'd really like to hear your thoughts. Also, does anyone know if there is a list server for osteoporosis like this one for celiac? If so, I'd like to subscribe to it as well. Many thanks for all comments and suggestions. Regards, Judith --------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] Ontario, Canada ---------------------------------------------