Manahawkin Back Pain Sufferers May Benefit from Fiber to Improve Nutrient Absorption
“Youth is wasted on the young.” Have you heard that saying? Manahawkin Chiropractic Center supposes that there’s a bit of truth in that for all of us - and particularly our Manahawkin spines - as we age. When we’re young, our bodies require our attention more than we gave. Our young bones and spines and bodies require good nutrition so that our older bones and spine and bodies are in good shape when we want to live our lives less painfully and more fully. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center shares what Manahawkin chiropractic patients can do now to tackle 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 decrease 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 influenced BMD in the lumbar spine at young adulthood. Other influential factors were body weight at adolescence and young adulthood which positively affected BMD. (1) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center cannot emphasize enough just how vital nutrition is for their future well-being.
BENEFITS OF IMPROVED NUTRITION BEYOND BETTER BONE MINERAL DENSITY
Osteoporosis is a disease of older people 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 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 below what it should be. Boosting bone mass by just 5% cuts the risk of fracture by 40%. (3) Attaining healthy bones hinges on more than just calcium and vitamin D however. Deficiencies of vitamins B, C, E, and K as well as retinol disrupt bone’s health. (4) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center presents these stats to inspire us all to increase intake of nutrients to build bone mass early and support it later to keep it healthy.
IMPROVE ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center understands 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 differently 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 improvements did not associate with bone loss in either men or women. Higher dietary fiber may reduce bone loss in men. (5) Who would have imagined that fiber would have anything to do with bone mineral density? Manahawkin Chiropractic Center thinks that many of our Manahawkin chiropractic patients wouldn’t have!
FIBER’S DEFENSE OF MEN’S BMD
Luckily, some most perceptive 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 females. In men over 65 years, nutrient intake indicated no effect on BMD. In women between 18 and 45, fiber did not produce a significant effect on BMDs, but daily fat intake significantly increased 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 debunked that thought. (7) However, medical literature points out that the general benefit of nutrition - and now fiber intake in men - on the health of the body, its bones and its spine.
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