Aging bones. None of us can evade
signs of aging, and our bones reveal our age. As we age, we lose bone
density. Some of us develop osteoarthritis of bone. We
all would love to escape aging and bone loss
and osteoarthritis, but truth be told: many of us won’t. New research
about how tart cherries may help prevent bone
loss and osteoarthritis and improve bone health is pleasing
news to Palmer Chiropractic Center. They may be a tasty way for our Lynchburg
chiropractic patients to do what they can to
keep their bones healthy!
BONE LOSS AND OSTEOARTHRITIS
Osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease, often precedes disability. There is no cure nor effective treatment yet described
in published research to halt it explains one set of researchers. NSAIDs and analgesics help with
pain relief but not with the course of osteoarthritis. Taking
drugs brings about some adverse side effects
which guided a set of researchers to check into
what else may help. In their review of
peer-reviewed articles, they concluded that nutrition can better
osteoarthritis symptoms. Palmer Chiropractic Center has seen this often in its
Lynchburg chiropractic practice! As these researchers discovered,
glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate “robustly” delay the progression of knee
osteoarthritis. While diet changes to improve lipid and cholesterol
numbers, boost vitamin levels and address overweight issues
are beneficial in osteoarthritis care, including
these two nutrients is, too. (1) Palmer Chiropractic Center has more information on them both.
CONSUMING TART CHERRIES
A likely tasty way to supplement the diet for spine care
is ingesting 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? Of
late, researchers explain that tart cherry may be a natural alternative
to drug therapy to stop bone loss in diseases like rheumatoid
arthritis and others. They explain that tart cherry protected
bone structure from inflammation-induced bone loss and (unlike infliximab, a common
drug) moderately improved the decline in bone stiffness. (2) That’s positive! 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 offset
this occurrence. In assessing 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!
Palmer Chiropractic Center sees this as a simple way to improve bone and is sure our Lynchburg chiropractic
patients will, too!
CONTACT Palmer Chiropractic Center
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 taking care of
it on The Cox® Table and easing osteoarthritic
pain.
Schedule a Lynchburg chiropractic appointment today
at Palmer Chiropractic Center. We can assess the status of
your bone as well as your risk of age-related bone loss and cherry-related
improvement! Managing aging bones may be quite
tasty!