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New Roads Back Pain Sufferers May Benefit from Fiber to Improve Nutrient Absorption

“Youth is wasted on the young.” Have you heard that saying? New Roads Chiropractic Center supposes that there’s a little truth in that for all of us - and particularly our New Roads spines - as we age. When we’re young, our bodies require our attention more than we realize. Our youthful bones and spines and bodies require good nutrition so that our older bones and spine and bodies are healthy when we want to live our lives less painfully and more fully. New Roads Chiropractic Center shares what New Roads chiropractic patients can do now to tackle 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 decrease osteoporosis risk later in life. A new report wrote 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) New Roads Chiropractic Center can’t stress enough just how important nutrition is for their future health. 

BENEFITS OF IMPROVED NUTRITION BEYOND BETTER BONE MINERAL DENSITY

Osteoporosis is a disease of older folks that stems from youthful (in)attention. Low serum levels of vitamin D in osteoporotic women tend to have an heightened chance of having any kind of cancer and breast cancer. (2) Calcium intake during the teen years of life is vital to decrease 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 daily. Even more problematic is that teen girls’ daily intake of calcium is far lower than what it should be. Enhancing bone mass by just 5% cuts the risk of fracture by 40%. (3) Attaining healthy bones depends on more than just calcium and vitamin D however. Deficiencies of vitamins B, C, E, and K as well as retinol compromise bone’s health. (4) New Roads Chiropractic Center shares these statistics to encourage us all to boost intake of nutrients to build bone mass early and support it later to keep it healthy.

IMPROVE ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS

New Roads Chiropractic Center 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 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 thought that fiber would have anything to do with bone mineral density? New Roads Chiropractic Center bets that many of our New Roads chiropractic patients would not have!

FIBER’S DEFENSE OF MEN’S BMD

Luckily, some most observant doctors and researchers did notice that fiber intake was a protective factor of lumbar spine BMD in men 18-45 years of age but not in women. In men over 65 years, nutrient intake showed no effect on BMD. In women between 18 and 45, fiber didn’t produce a significant change to BMD, but daily fat intake significantly enhanced BMD. (6) A curious side note: It had been thought that bone mineral density could be a risk factor for lumbar disc herniation in young persons, but a new study debunked that thought. (7) However, there is evidence in the medical literature that stresses the overall benefit of nutrition - and now fiber intake in men - on the health of the body, its bones and its spine.

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New Roads Chiropractic Center shares research about benefit of fiber for nutrient absorption and osteoporosis prevention/bone mineral density enhancement. 
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