Table 3.

Possible nutritional supplements for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in men

Supplements	Evidence	References
Calcium	Men, postmenopausal women	4,14,80,97,113–120
Vitamins
vitamin D	Men, postmenopausal women	16,56–58,113–120
Fatty acids
n-3 fatty acids	Preclinical	121,122,125
Conjugated linoleic acid	Preclinical (males, females)	126,127
Herbal products
Soy isoflavones	Preclinical, postmenopausalwomen	116,128
Black cohosh		116,129
Fructus linguistri lucidi	Preclinical
Cissus quadrangularis	Preclinical
Prunes	Preclinical, Postmenopausal women	130,131