Toronto Back Pain Sufferers May Benefit from Fiber to Improve Nutrient Absorption
“Youth is wasted on the young.” Ever heard that? Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre supposes that there is a little truth in that for all of us - and especially our Toronto spines - as we age. When we’re young, our bodies need8 our attention more than we realize. Our young bones and spines and bodies require good nutrition so that our older bones and spine and bodies are fit when we want to live our lives less painfully and more fully. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre reveals what Toronto chiropractic patients can do now to address bone mineral density (BMD) issues, no matter their current age.
BMD AND OSTEOPOROSIS: BUILD BMD WHILE YOUNG
Elevating peak bone mass early in life may reduce osteoporosis risk later in life. A new report 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 affected BMD in young adulthood. Calcium intake in adolescent males strongly negatively affected BMD in the lumbar spine at young adulthood. Other leading factors were body weight at adolescence and young adulthood which positively influenced BMD. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre can’t emphasize enough just how important nutrition is for their future well-being.
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 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 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 concerning is that teen girls’ daily intake of calcium is far lower than what it should be. Enhancing bone mass by just 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 compromise the health of bone. (4) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre presents these stats to encourage us all to increase intake of nutrients to build bone mass early and support it later to keep it healthy.
IMPROVE ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre knows that kids and their families want to be sure that their nutritional efforts will pay off. TIP: Dietary fiber may raise 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 improvements did not relate to bone loss in either men or women. Higher dietary fiber may decrease bone loss in men. (5) Who would have thought that fiber would have anything to do with bone mineral density? Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre supposes that many of our Toronto chiropractic patients would not have!
FIBER’S DEFENSE OF MEN’S BMD
Fortunately, some most perceptive doctors and researchers did observe that fiber intake was a protective factor of lumbar spine BMD in men 18-45 years of old but not in women. In men over 65 years, nutrient intake indicated no effect on BMD. In women between 18 and 45, fiber did not produce a significant change to BMD, but daily fat intake significantly enhanced BMD. (6) A curious side note: A new study refutes the idea that BMD may be a risk factor for lumbar disc herniation in youth, but a recent study discredited that idea. (7) However, medical literature points out that the general value of nutrition - and now fiber intake in men - on the health of the body, its bones and its spine.
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