‘Osteoporosis’

Color Therapy: Intelligent Nutrition II

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Color Therapy

TRANQUILIZERS COLORS AND REFRESHING

Blue
The blues have antiseptic properties, invite calm and help sleep. They reduce stress and fight the pain.
The prized blueberry, lower anxiety and reassure.

Green
Psychologically means harmony and balance.
Foods that color, cover almost all vegetables such as lettuce, zucchini, green peppers, peas, beets … and some fruits like grapes and pears.
Since ancient times this key is attributed to nature.
Eliminate toxins and produce feelings of wellbeing and serenity.

Purple
It is the spiritual color.
Included in this group of plum, eggplant, cabbage and beets.
Improve the function of the spleen and are particularly beneficial at menopause and osteoporosis.

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Osteoporosis: prevention of long-term

Monday, January 4th, 2010

osteoporosisWith increasing life expectancy, osteoporosis will become a condition becoming more common. It’s a good reason to implement a number of simple preventive measures, since childhood.

The bone tissue is constantly renewed. Its mass increases until the end of adolescence, usually remains stable until the fifties, then declined steadily, especially in postmenopausal women. More on bones is important at the time of menopause and the subsequent risk of complications of osteoporosis is low. This means that the prevention of osteoporosis should be in reality throughout life, to preserve bone stock.

Prevent from childhood to old bones

Osteoporosis: the prevention during childhood and adolescence is important to ensure an adequate intake of calcium (1.2 g/d) milk and dairy products. This is the age that the sport is most beneficial, provided it is practiced in a reasonable manner. Indeed, among the daughters of intensive training can cause amenorrhea (absence of menstruation) and estrogen deficiency, source of bone loss. Anorexia nervosa, involving food deficiency and amenorrhea, is responsible for brittle bone development. Until menopause, prolonged periods of amenorrhea, signs of estrogen deficiency should be avoided.

As adults, we must be careful to maintain proper calcium intake (1 g/d), avoid smoking and limit alcohol consumption. Indeed, tobacco and alcohol act directly on cells that form bone and smoking is associated with earlier menopause. Also watch your diet, because salt increases the elimination of calcium.
Keeping your muscles against resistance

Exercise is an essential factor in prevention throughout life. The muscles in contracting, pulling on the bone ends, which stimulates the bone to strengthen it. All exercises are not equivalent. (more…)

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Can you take too much calcium?

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

calciumDid you know that the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) varies by country? For example, in America, the RDA for adults is 1200mg of elemental calcium per day while it is only 800mg per day in Europe and several Asian countries. If, as we claimed Canada’s Food Guide, this contribution is made according to the most rigorous science, then how is it that varies from one country to another? Scientific data, however, cross the borders! The most curious in all this is that osteoporosis is more common where the RDA for calcium is lower … Moreover, researchers have shown in young women, a higher intake to 800mg of calcium daily did not provide any additional benefit on bone development.

Several authors argue that in America, the RDA for calcium was increased due to significant political pressure lobbies milk (such as the Dairy Farmers of Canada). Thus, it is now, for all practical purposes, impossible to achieve the recommended intake without consuming milk and its derivatives.

A maximum absorption

The concept of maximum absorption, yet very important, is too often overlooked when it comes to calcium. The maximum absorption is the maximum that can be absorbed by the intestine. When the intake is too high, the intestine can not absorb the surplus beyond this limit. This concept is well accepted when it comes to vitamin C, magnesium or glucosamine. Indeed, Health Canada issued a dose limit for vitamin C 2000mg per day. This limit is based on the maximum absorption is 1000mg per dose (2 doses per day = 2000mg). In fact, if you take more than 1000mg of vitamin C per dose, you run the risk of having loose stools. When the dose exceeds the absorptive capacity of the intestine, the amount of vitamin C remains unabsorbed in the intestine and can cause loose stools. However, establishing a dose limit by Health Canada seems to imply that to exceed this dose of 2000mg per day is dangerous, what is wrong. (more…)

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Your bones are forever

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

bone healthFrom childhood we are taught that we must take a glass of milk every day, because it contains lots of calcium for bones. Maintaining strong bones is not so simple. Physical exercise, especially strength, it is important to prevent osteoporosis. We propose a plan to make your bones as strong, which will dream to retire to risk sports with your grandchildren.

1. Osteoporosis, the great enemy
Sport. Exercise helps strengthen bones.  Not only women should worry about maintaining bone density. Although bone loss is identified as a problem that affects women after reaching menopause, in fact, osteopenia or bone loss affects both men and women. No difference between sexes, such as wrinkles.

After a certain age, our bones, joints, skin, hair, brain and other tissues deteriorate. The problem is that women are more likely to have osteoporosis when they reached the menopause by the lack of production of estrogen, and therefore, more socially conscious women to keep the bone that the bone men.

Men are also attacked by the quiet that is eating rodent bones, osteoporosis. From the 45 or 50 years, more men with symptoms of osteoporosis than prostate cancer.

But if both men and women look after the quality of bone from young, we reach the critical age with higher bone density than other people, and with stronger bones and stronger.

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