Toronto Vitamin Deficiencies in Women Related to Fracture Risk
Fractures are enemies of Toronto women and men. They bring about pain and long recoveries. Toronto postmenopausal women tend to be at higher risk of fractures, especially those who have vitamin deficiencies. Toronto vitamin deficiencies are pretty easily tested for and fixed with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre's help should testing divulge such deficiencies. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre guides Toronto chiropractic patients who are ready to have their vitamin status checked and help them any deficiencies so as to lessen fracture risk.
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND FRACTURE RISK
The more the better? Not necessarily when it comes to several 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 old and tracked for 6.3 years (plus or minus 5.1 years). 29.7% of these women had fractures during that time period. The total of deficiencies (0/no deficiencies to 3/deficient in D, K and B) was significantly related to fracture risk. (1) Regarding this report, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre notes the importance of checking for vitamin deficiencies and tackle them.
WHAT TO DO TO IMPROVE VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND PREVENT Toronto FRACTURES
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre notes that the risk of fragility fractures is more than the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal women. 33% are at risk. Luckily, Toronto fracture risk may well be curbed by healthy lifestyle changes like vitamin supplementation, weight-bearing exercise, limited alcohol consumption and not 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 recommended. (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) reduced bone loss. Menaquinone-4 showed the strongest impact on vertebral fracture reduction. (4) And while supplementing with vitamin B alone didn’t show a significant impact on osteoporotic fracture incidence in patients with cerebrovascular disease, it did show 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 effectively modifies HCy levels considered to have a role in osteoporotic fracture and bone turnover. (6) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre examines all types of factors when directing patients in nutritional supplementation.
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