Fort Wayne Back Pain Sufferers May Benefit from Fiber to Improve Nutrient Absorption
“Youth is wasted on the young.” Have you heard that saying? Aaron Chiropractic Clinic supposes that there’s a bit of truth in that for all of us - and especially our Fort Wayne spines - as we age. When we’re young, our bodies need8 our attention more than we realize. Our youthful bones and spines and bodies need proper nutrition so that our older bones and spine and bodies are healthy when we desire living our lives less painfully and more fully. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic reveals what Fort Wayne chiropractic patients can do now to deal with bone mineral density (BMD) issues, no matter their current age.
BMD AND OSTEOPOROSIS: BUILD BMD WHILE YOUNG
Optimizing peak bone mass early in life may reduce osteoporosis risk later in life. A new study stated that Vitamin D and calcium in females positively affected bone mineral density into young adulthood. Intakes of phosphorous and the calcium:phosphorous ratio at adolescence for females negatively influenced BMD in young adulthood. Calcium intake in adolescent males strongly negatively affected BMD in the lumbar spine at young adulthood. Other influential factors were body weight at adolescence and young adulthood which positively influenced BMD. (1) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic cannot stress enough just how important nutrition is for their future health.
BENEFITS OF IMPROVED NUTRITION BEYOND BETTER BONE MINERAL DENSITY
Osteoporosis is a disease of older folks that stems from youthful (in)attention. Low serum levels of vitamin D in osteoporotic women tend to have an heightened chance of having any type of cancer and breast cancer. (2) Calcium intake during the teen years of life is vital to decrease the risk of osteoporosis later in life. Teen girls absorb calcium more effectively: 326mg in teenage girls versus just 73mg in older women of 1332 mg taken daily. Even more problematic is that teen girls’ daily consumption of calcium is far lower than what it should be. Boosting bone mass by only 5% drops the risk of fracture by 40%. (3) Achieving healthy bones is subject to more than just calcium and vitamin D however. Deficiencies of vitamins B, C, E, and K as well as retinol compromise the health of bone. (4) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic presents these stats to encourage us all to boost intake of nutrients to build bone mass initially and support it later to keep it healthy.
IMPROVE ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic understands that kids and their families want to be sure that their nutritional efforts will be of value. TIP: Dietary fiber may boost the body’s absorption of calcium but does it in different ways for older men and women. Higher intake of dietary fiber and fruit fiber was protective against bone loss in men but not women. Fiber from vegetables was protective against spine bone loss in women but not men. Cereal fiber or nut and legume fiber increases did not relate to bone loss in either men or women. Higher dietary fiber may decrease bone loss in men. (5) Who would have imagined that fiber would have anything to do with bone mineral density? Aaron Chiropractic Clinic supposes that many of our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients wouldn’t have!
FIBER’S DEFENSE OF MEN’S BMD
Luckily, some most observant doctors and researchers did observe that fiber intake was a protective factor of lumbar spine BMD in men aged 18 and 45 years of age but not in women. In men over 65 years, nutrient intake showed no effect on BMD. In women between 18 and 45, fiber did not produce a significant change to BMD, but daily fat intake did significantly. (6) An interesting side note: A new study discredits the thought that BMD may be a risk factor for lumbar disc herniation in youth, but a new study debunked that idea. (7) However, medical literature points out that the overall value of nutrition - and now fiber intake in men - on the health of the body, its bones and its spine.
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