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 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 prevent bone
loss and osteoarthritis and improve bone health is welcome
news to Amelia Chiropractic Clinic. They may be a tasty way for our Fernandina Beach
chiropractic patients to do what they can to
keep their bones healthy!
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. Using
drugs brings about some adverse side effects
which lead a set of researchers to check into
what else may help. In their analysis of
peer-reviewed articles, they wrote that nutrition can better
osteoarthritis symptoms. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has seen this often in its
Fernandina Beach 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, boost vitamin levels and address overweight levels
are valuable in osteoarthritis care, including
these two nutrients is, too. (1) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has more information on them both.
CONSUMING TART CHERRIES
A likely tasty way to supplement the diet for spine care
is consuming tart cherries. In this springtime in the US
that finds blooming cherry trees everywhere, 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 wrote that tart cherry may be a natural alternative
to drug therapy to stop 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’s beneficial! The researchers suggested
that tart cherry may help avoid future fragility fractures due to 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 counter
this happening. In trying 5% and 10%
Montmorency tart cherry intake, researchers found significantly greater bone
thickness in patients receiving 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!
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic appreciates this simple way to help
and protect bone and is certain our Fernandina Beach chiropractic
patients will, too!
CONTACT Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Luigi Albano on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Albano describes
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 easing osteoarthritic
pain.
Schedule a Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment today
at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic. We can assess the status of
your bone and your risk of age-related bone loss and cherry-related
improvement! Taking care of aging bones may be quite
tasty!