The present invention relates to oral nutritional and therapeutic products which are useful for providing vitamins and minerals required for bone health. The present invention is an oral nutritional and therapeutic composition of calcium succinate, magnesium R-(+)-alpha-lipoate, and Vitamin D for use in the maintenance of bone health, the optimization of bone growth, reducing the risk of bone fracture, and the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. The pharmaceutical products and methods of the present invention are particularly useful in building bone mass, quality, and density during growth, maintaining bone mass, quality, and density over time, reducing bone fracture risk, and treating osteoporosis in men and women.
