New York City Back Pain Sufferers May Benefit from Fiber to Improve Nutrient Absorption
“Youth is wasted on the young.” Ever heard that? Rosenberg Wellness Center supposes that there’s a bit of truth in that for all of us - and particularly our New York City 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. Rosenberg Wellness Center shares what New York City chiropractic patients can do now to address bone mineral density (BMD) issues, regardless of their current age.
BMD AND OSTEOPOROSIS: BUILD BMD WHILE YOUNG
Elevating peak bone mass early in life may decrease osteoporosis risk later in life. A recent report wrote 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 influenced BMD in the lumbar spine at young adulthood. Other influential factors were body weight at adolescence and young adulthood which positively influenced BMD. (1) Rosenberg Wellness Center can’t emphasize enough just how vital nutrition is for their future health.
BENEFITS OF IMPROVED NUTRITION BEYOND BETTER BONE MINERAL DENSITY
Osteoporosis is a disease of older folks that results from youthful (in)attention. Low serum levels of vitamin D in osteoporotic women have a tendency to have an increased chance of having any kind of cancer and breast cancer. (2) Calcium intake during the teen years of life is important to reduce 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 a day. Even more problematic is that teen girls’ daily consumption of calcium is way lower than what it should be. Enhancing bone mass by only 5% drops the risk of fracture by 40%. (3) Achieving healthy bones hinges on more than just calcium and vitamin D though. Deficiencies of vitamins B, C, E, and K as well as retinol disrupt the health of bone. (4) Rosenberg Wellness Center presents these findings to inspire us all to boost intake of nutrients to build bone mass early and support it later to keep it healthy.
IMPROVE ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS
Rosenberg Wellness Center knows 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. Greater 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 reduce bone loss in men. (5) Who would have thought that fiber would have anything to do with bone mineral density? Rosenberg Wellness Center thinks that many of our New York City chiropractic patients wouldn’t have!
FIBER’S DEFENSE OF MEN’S BMD
Fortunately, some most observant doctors and researchers did notice 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 indicated no effect on BMD. In women between 18 and 45, fiber didn’t show a significant change to BMD, but daily fat intake significantly enhanced BMD. (6) An interesting side note: It had been thought that bone mineral density could be a risk factor for lumbar disc herniation in young persons, but a new study debunked that idea. (7) However, medical literature points out that the overall benefit of nutrition - and now fiber intake in men - on the health of the body, its bones and its spine.
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