Fractures are enemies of Malverne women and men.
They lead to pain and long recoveries. Malverne
postmenopausal women tend to be at higher
risk of fractures, especially those who experience
vitamin deficiencies. Malverne vitamin deficiencies are pretty
[simple|easy]6] to test for and tackled with Malverne Health & Wellness's help should testing divulge such deficiencies. Malverne Health & Wellness directs
Malverne chiropractic patients who are ready to have their vitamin status
evaluated and help them any deficiencies so as to diminish
fracture risk.
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND FRACTURE RISK
The more the better? Not really
when it comes to several vitamin deficiencies! A new
study described that the cumulative effect of vitamin deficiencies
increased 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 tracked for 6.3 years
(plus or minus 5.1 years). 29.7% of these women experienced fractures
during that time period. The total of deficiencies
(0/no deficiencies to 3/deficient in D, K and B) was significantly associated with fracture risk. (1) In light of this report, Malverne Health & Wellness notices that it’s important to check for vitamin deficiencies
and deal with them.
WHAT TO DO TO IMPROVE VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND AVOID
Malverne FRACTURES
Malverne Health & Wellness points out that the risk of fragility
fractures is greater than the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal
women. One in 3 are at risk. Luckily, Malverne
fracture risk may well be curbed by healthy
lifestyle changes like vitamin supplementation, weight-bearing
exercise, limited alcohol intake and not 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 had
the strongest effect on vertebral fracture reduction. (4) And while
vitamin B supplementation alone did not
demonstrate a significant effect on osteoporotic fracture
incidence in patients with cerebrovascular disease, it did reveal
a modest effect. (5) Patients with very high plasma homocysteine
levels and vascular disease seemed to benefit more from vitamin
B supplementation (folate, B6, and B12) to prevent osteoporotic fractures. Vitamin
B effectively modifies HCy levels thought
to have a role in osteoporotic fracture and bone turnover. (6) Malverne Health & Wellness considers
all kinds of factors when directing patients in
nutritional supplementation.
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Schedule a Malverne chiropractic visit with
Malverne Health & Wellness to tackle any vitamin deficiencies and reduce
your Malverne fracture risk!