New York City Vitamin Deficiencies in Women Related to Fracture Risk
Fractures are enemies of New York City women and men. They give rise to pain and long recoveries. New York City postmenopausal women tend to be at higher risk of fractures, especially those who experience vitamin deficiencies. New York City vitamin deficiencies are relatively [simple|easy]6] to test for and tackled with Rosenberg Wellness Center's help should testing reveal such deficiencies. Rosenberg Wellness Center directs New York City chiropractic patients who want to check their vitamin status with nutrition and address any deficiencies so as to lower fracture risk.
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND FRACTURE RISK
The more the merrier? Not really when it comes to multiple vitamin deficiencies! A recent study described that the cumulative effect of vitamin deficiencies intensified the risk of incident fractures in postmenopausal women. Vitamin D, vitamin K and vitamin B levels were taken in women over 50 years of age and followed for 6.3 years (plus or minus 5.1 years). 29.7% of these women had fractures during this time. The number of deficiencies (0/no deficiencies to 3/deficient in D, K and B) was significantly related to fracture risk. (1) With respect to this report, Rosenberg Wellness Center notices that it is important to check for vitamin deficiencies and address them.
WHAT TO DO TO FIX VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND AVOID New York City FRACTURES
Rosenberg Wellness Center points out that the risk of fragility fractures is higher than the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal women. 33% are at risk. Luckily, New York City fracture risk can be limited by healthy lifestyle modifications like vitamin supplementation, weight-bearing exercise, limited alcohol consumption and no smoking. Vitamin supplementation incorporating at least 1000 mg/day of calcium, 800 IU/day of vitamin D, and 1 gram/kilogram of body weight of protein in women over 50 is suggested. (2) Vitamin D with calcium supplementation lessens the risk of total fractures by 15% and hip fractures by 30%, specifically. (3) Oral vitamin K supplementation (phytonadione and menaquinone-4) decreased bone loss. Menaquinone-4 showed the strongest effect on vertebral fracture reduction. (4) And while vitamin B supplementation alone didn’t show a significant impact on osteoporotic fracture occurrence in patients with cerebrovascular disease, it did reveal a modest effect. (5) Patients with very high plasma homocysteine levels and vascular disease seemed to benefit more from vitamin B supplementation (folate, B6, and B12) to prevent osteoporotic fractures. Vitamin B appropriately changes HCy levels considered to have a role in osteoporotic fracture and bone turnover. (6) Rosenberg Wellness Center examines all types of factors when guiding patients in nutritional supplementation.
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