Aging bones. We cannot evade
signs of aging, and our bones reveal our age. As we age, we lose bone
density. Some of us find that we have osteoarthritis of bone. We
all would enjoy not having to deal with aging and bone loss
and osteoarthritis, but truth be told: many of us won’t. New information that tart cherries may help prevent bone
loss and osteoarthritis and improve bone health is refreshing
news to Vancouver Spine Care Centre. They may be a tasty way for our Vancouver
chiropractic patients to eat their way to healthier bones!
BONE LOSS AND OSTEOARTHRITIS
Osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease, often leads
to disability. There is no cure nor effective treatment yet found to stop it explains one set of researchers. NSAIDs and analgesics help with
the pain but not with the course of osteoarthritis. Using
drugs sometimes results in some adverse side effects for
some patients over time
which guided a group of researchers to see
what else may help. In their review of
peer-reviewed articles, they wrote that nutrition can better
osteoarthritis symptoms. Vancouver Spine Care Centre has seen this often in its
Vancouver chiropractic practice! As these researchers found,
glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate “robustly” delay the progression of knee
osteoarthritis. While diet changes to correct lipid and cholesterol
numbers, boost vitamin levels and address overweight issues
are valuable in osteoarthritis care, adding
these two nutrients is, too. (1) Vancouver Spine Care Centre has more information on them both.
CONSUMING TART CHERRIES
A likely tasty way to supplement the diet for spine care
is eating tart cherries. In this springtime in the US
that finds the cherry trees in bloom, now is the ideal time for this new information about
the benefits of cherries. But how much of a good thing like tart cherries is healthy and beneficial? Recently, researchers explain that tart cherry may be a natural alternative
to drug therapy to prevent bone loss in diseases like rheumatoid
arthritis and others. They report that tart cherry shielded
bone structure from inflammation-induced bone loss and (unlike infliximab, a common
drug) moderately improved the decline in bone stiffness. (2) That
is beneficial! The researchers advised
that tart cherry may be useful to avoid future fragility fractures in
the presence of highly chronic inflammation. (2) Further, another
set of researchers note how the immune and endocrine systems play
a role in age-related bone loss. Anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and prebiotic foods
like tart cherries can potentially neutralize
this happening. In trying 5% and 10%
Montmorency tart cherry intake, researchers found significantly greater bone
thickness in patients using the cherry than the control group
patients. They concluded that cherry supplementation (5% and
10%) improved bone mineral density down to the
trabecular and cortical bone microarchitecture! (3) All from cherries!
Vancouver Spine Care Centre appreciates this simple way to help
and protect bone and is sure our Vancouver chiropractic
patients will, too!
CONTACT Vancouver Spine Care Centre
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Luigi Albano on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Albano describes
his care of osteoarthritis of the knee with nutrition and Cox®
Technic flexion-distraction inspired protocols for treating
it on The Cox® Table and alleviating osteoarthritic
pain.
Schedule a Vancouver chiropractic appointment today
at Vancouver Spine Care Centre. We can check the condition of
your bone and your risk of age-related bone loss and cherry-related
improvement! Taking care of aging bones may be quite
tasty!