Healthy Bones

Choosing a bone health supplement

Bone health supplements are built around a small group of nutrients: calcium, magnesium, vitamin D3 and vitamin K2, sometimes with boron or collagen. You can buy them as single nutrients or as combined formulas, such as D3 with K2 or a magnesium complex with several forms of magnesium.

Brands include Trace Minerals, Weider, Swanson, NOW Foods and Trec Nutrition, in capsules, tablets, powders, liquid drops, gummies and oral sprays.

Which form of magnesium?

Labels list forms such as citrate, glycinate or bisglycinate. They differ in how much elemental magnesium they provide per serving, so compare that figure on the label.