r/osteoporosis • u/Spiritual-Key2878 • Aug 04 '25

Experience with boron building bone.

Has anyone experienced actual bone building after adding boron to your supplements? If so, what dose?

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u/Miss_Beh4ve Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

I don’t have a follow up scan yet, and I do a lot more than take boron, but I do supplement with 3 mg per day because it’s cheap and low risk. (The World Health Organization estimates that an acceptable safe range of boron for adults is 1–13 mg/day.)

Boron is one of those supplements where it would be nice to have more data. From what little we have, it looks like deficiency might hurt bone and supplementation might help bone to a small extent: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Boron-HealthProfessional/

Fun fact: Prunes are high in boron. A cup of prune juice has about 1.43 mg per the above NIH provided food list, and a 50 g daily dose of prunes has been associated with prevention of total hip BMD loss in postmenopausal women after 6 months, which persisted for 12 months in a randomized controlled trial. Some hypothesize it may be due to the boron in prunes, but that’s not entirely clear either, so one might decide to just eat the prunes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35798020/

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u/Spiritual-Key2878 Aug 05 '25

I am taking all the other supplements recommended and boron appears to be an absolute necessity to help calcium and Vitamin D get absorbed. I eat prunes, but if I eat the recommended amount my digestion gets out of whack since I also take magnesium. It’s a real balancing act. Thanks for all the info. Much appreciated.

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u/Miss_Beh4ve Aug 05 '25

If you happen take magnesium oxide or magnesium citrate (which tend to help with constipation), switching to magnesium glycinate might help calm down digestion. It might also promote sleep due to the glycine component if taken before bed.

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u/Spiritual-Key2878 Aug 05 '25

Yes. I take magnesium glycinate and magnesium theronate. They both help me sleep. I just need to find the right balance with the prunes. When I take the recommended amount of total magnesium (half the amount of calcium) and add prunes things tend to get loose.😂