Aging bones. None of us can evade
signs of aging, and our bones tell our age. As we age, we lose bone
density. Some of us find that we have osteoarthritis of bone. We
all would love to escape aging and bone loss
and osteoarthritis, but truth be told: many of us will not. New research
about how tart cherries may help block bone
loss and osteoarthritis and improve bone health is refreshing
news to Pflugerville Wellness Center. They may be a tasty way for our Pflugerville
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 discovered to halt it explains one set of researchers. NSAIDs and analgesics help with
the pain but not with the course of osteoarthritis. Taking
drugs sometimes brings about some adverse side effects for
some patients over time
which guided a group of researchers to see
what else may be beneficial. In their review of
peer-reviewed articles, they wrote that nutrition can improve
osteoarthritis symptoms. Pflugerville Wellness Center has seen this often in its
Pflugerville chiropractic practice! As these researchers discovered,
glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate “robustly” delay the progression of knee
osteoarthritis. While diet changes to correct lipid and cholesterol
numbers, enhance vitamin levels and address overweight issues
are useful in osteoarthritis care, including
these two nutrients is, too. (1) Pflugerville Wellness Center 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, it
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 advantageous! The researchers suggested
that tart cherry may help avoid future fragility fractures in
the presence of highly chronic inflammation. (2) Further, another
set of researchers describe how the immune and endocrine systems have
a role in age-related bone loss. Anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and prebiotic foods
like tart cherries can possibly neutralize
this occurrence. In testing 5% and 10%
Montmorency tart cherry intake, researchers found significantly greater bone
thickness in patients using the cherry than the control group
patients. They determined that cherry supplementation (5% and
10%) bettered bone mineral density down to the
trabecular and cortical bone microarchitecture! (3) All from cherries!
Pflugerville Wellness Center appreciates this simple way to help
and protect bone and is sure our Pflugerville chiropractic
patients will, too!
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Luigi Albano on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Albano details
his treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee with nutrition and Cox®
Technic flexion-distraction inspired protocols for taking care of
it on The Cox® Table and alleviating osteoarthritic
pain.
Schedule a Pflugerville chiropractic appointment today
at Pflugerville Wellness Center. We can check the status of
your bone as well as your risk of age-related bone loss and cherry-related
improvement! Taking care of aging bones may be quite
tasty!