Fractures are enemies of Brooks women and men.
They bring about pain and long recoveries. Brooks
postmenopausal women tend to be at higher
risk of fractures, particularly those who have
vitamin deficiencies. Brooks vitamin deficiencies are pretty
[simple|easy]6] to test for and addressed with Soft Health and Healing Clinic's help should testing divulge such deficiencies. Soft Health and Healing Clinic guides
Brooks chiropractic patients who want to find out about their
vitamin status with nutrition and address any deficiencies so as to lessen
fracture risk.
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND FRACTURE RISK
The more the merrier? Not necessarily
when it comes to multiple vitamin deficiencies! A new
study reported that the cumulative effect of vitamin deficiencies
intensified the risk of incident fractures in
postmenopausal women. Vitamin D, vitamin K and vitamin B levels were measured
in women over 50 years old and followed for 6.3 years
(plus or minus 5.1 years). 29.7% of these women had fractures
during that time period. The total of deficiencies
(0/no deficiencies to 3/deficient in D, K and B) was significantly related
to fracture risk. (1) In light of this report, Soft Health and Healing Clinic notes that it’s important to check for vitamin deficiencies
and address them.
WHAT TO DO TO IMPROVE VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND PREVENT
Brooks FRACTURES
Soft Health and Healing Clinic notes that the risk of fragility
fractures is greater than the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal
women. One in 3 are at risk. Fortunately, Brooks
fracture risk can be curbed by healthy
lifestyle changes like vitamin supplementation, weight-bearing
exercise, limited alcohol intake and no smoking. Vitamin
supplementation including at least 1000 mg/day of calcium,
800 IU/day of vitamin D, and 1 gram/kilogram of body weight of protein in women
over 50 is suggested. (2) Vitamin D with calcium supplementation
lessens the risk of total fractures by 15% and hip fractures by
30%, specifically. (3) Oral vitamin K supplementation (phytonadione and menaquinone-4)
decreased bone loss. Menaquinone-4 demonstrated
the strongest impact on vertebral fracture reduction. (4) And while
vitamin B supplementation alone didn’t
demonstrate a significant effect on osteoporotic fracture
incidence in patients with cerebrovascular disease, it did show
a modest impact. (5) Patients with very high plasma homocysteine
levels and vascular disease appeared to benefit more from vitamin
B supplementation (folate, B6, and B12) to prevent osteoporotic fractures. Vitamin
B effectively modifies HCy levels considered
to have a role in osteoporotic fracture and bone turnover. (6) Soft Health and Healing Clinic considers
all kinds of factors when guiding patients in
nutritional supplementation.
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Schedule a Brooks chiropractic visit with
Soft Health and Healing Clinic to tackle any vitamin deficiencies and lessen
your Brooks fracture risk!