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Women’s Health: The Impact of Bone Loss and the Importance of Calcium and Vitamin D

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Statistics show that a massive 28 million middle-aged and older people are at risk of suffering from osteoporosis and it is particularly high in women after menopause. The word “osteoporosis” actually means “porous bones” and it is a common bone disorder which causes the weakening of bones which then can be easily fractured. Hip fractures related to low bone density problems are a leading cause of elderly patients having to be admitted to a nursing home for care, with 1.3 million osteoporosis-related fractures being reported each year in the United States. Commonly these fractures occur in the spine, the hip and the wrist. Other symptoms of this painful and crippling disease are loss of height and a hump back due to the soft and thinning bones. Osteoporosis is likely to affect one in three women by the age of 70.

Prevention is always better than treatment, and preventing the impact of bone loss cannot start too early, particularly for women. Most importantly, the diet should provide plenty of calcium for bone strength, accompanied by vitamin D which aids the breakdown and absorption of calcium. Consuming calcium in childhood has been shown to increase normal bone density in adulthood, hence the recommendation of plenty of milk in growing youngsters. As well as reducing bone loss, calcium is thought to help reduce blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels and prevent tooth loss in older adults.

Those suffering with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis, both a cause of joint pain and knee pain, are unfortunately even more likely to suffer from osteoporosis. Studies on bone-directed treatments for arthritis symptoms and treatments for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers are ongoing to find a possible relationship between these painful diseases.

Good sources of calcium in the diet are milk and dairy products such as cheese and yoghurt, ice cream, nuts, cereals and green leafy vegetables such as spinach, all high on the list for healthy nutrition and good for building bone mass density naturally. It is hard to be sure that enough calcium is being consumed on a daily basis from diet alone, so the addition of a calcium supplement is strongly advised. The recommended amount for a calcium supplement is at least 1000 mg for pre-menopausal women and 1500 mg for post-menopausal women. After menopause women cease the production of eostrogen which is thought to be one of the causes of lower bone density.

The body does not easily absorb and utilize calcium; however it is taken, but with a supplement of vitamin D it has been found that more calcium is absorbed into the body and less is passed out as waste. With age, the body’s production of vitamin D naturally declines, which makes the benefits of taking this essential supplement even more important to increase bone mineral density.

Research has repeatedly shown the importance of taking calcium and vitamin D supplements for helping healthy active older people to stay that way, although as yet nothing has been found to reverse bone density naturally. In trials it was shown that those taking calcium and vitamin D supplements lost significantly less calcium bone density than those on a placebo, and fractures were considerably lower. In short, calcium supplements with vitamin D are essential for the prevention of osteoporosis and the related problems of bone loss and fractures.

The best news about preventing bone loss by taking calcium magnesium or calcium and vitamin D supplements is that there is no risk and the products are very cheap and affordable. It can never be too early to start these preventative measures.

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