An New Slant on Osteoporosis
It is a known fact that since calcium supplements have been prescribed for people with low bone density, osteoporosis incidents have risen over 600%. Find out how to lower or eliminate your risk for this aging condition easily and painlessly.
Osteoporosis is the loss of bone mass and bone mineral density, which leads to bone weakness and higher susceptibility to fractures from fragile bones. There is no single certain cause for osteoporosis, although there are many hypotheses. Risk factors include menopause, lack of vitamin D, smoking, steroid use, excess alcohol intake, lack of exercise, genetics and low calcium intake.
Osteoporosis affects 1.5 million Canadians and 15 million Americans and those numbers are growing as our populations age. It affects one in four women and one in eight men over the age of 50. The cumulative costs are staggering, affecting quality of life in many ways.
It has long been known that people in industrial countries have a higher prevalence of degenerative disease, including osteoporosis, than those in other parts of the world. There are many dietary hypotheses around what increases or decreases risk of osteoporosis.
But now, researchers like Dr. Susan New in her recent review published in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society have been focusing on the role bones play in regulating the body’s acid-base balance.
The blood is that very delicate vital structure within us that survives in a healthy way in very narrow parameters of temperature, acidity and alkalinity. The blood pH should be between 7.38-7.42. The body regulates pH using “buffers”. Buffers can bind or release acids, depending on the need. Most North Americans need more of a buffer that has a high acid-binding capacity, such as the alkaline minerals found in bone.
In a perfect situation, the body will be able to regulate the pH of the blood with the premium diet. North American bodies are two acidic from our processed food diets, our hectic lifestyles and our toxic environment. Lack of exercise stagnates us into an over acidic condition.
When the body has excess acidity, it will pull alkaline minerals from anywhere it can find them in an attempt to buffer the pH of the blood, to keep it within its strict range. The largest store of minerals in the body is the bones. A low, or acidic pH is usually caused by too much dietary protein, not enough fruits and vegetables, too much stress, medications, external toxins and lack of exercise. An acid pH also changes the way the cells in the bones work. Osteoclasts (cells that break down bone) become activated and osteoblasts (cells that build up bone) become inhibited. This is the opposite of what happens with estrogen’s effect on the cells in the bone, which is why it is a problem for post-menopausal women. When pH is acidic, more bone is broken down, resulting in mineral loss. Over time, the result is osteopenia, followed by osteoporosis.
The good news is there are ways to reduce acidity. The first is by increasing fruits and vegetable consumption. It has been shown that by increasing fruits and vegetables, the body becomes more alkaline even though most do not contain large amounts of calcium. If you are not fond of leafy dark green veggies or the chewing that is involved, you may want to try MetaGreens, a balanced land and sea green product from Univera Life Sciences. One tablespoon of the greens is equivalent to the fiber and antioxidant equivalent of five dinner salads…without the chewing. You just mix it in water or fruit juice and take it morning and night. The protective effect of greens may be due to the amount of alkalizing substances they contain. Because of this, the green leafies help to keep the body in an anabolic or rebuilding state, which helps the whole body and not just the bones.
Add Hilltop Aloe to your daily regimen and you have a mineralized collagen rebuilder which will strengthen weakened bones and make the bone more resilient and less brittle. Hilltop Aloe has been shown in independent studies to be the most powerful Aloe in the world.
By keeping the body in a rebuilding state, you prevent it from “stealing” minerals from the bone. By decreasing the amount of calcium and other minerals taken from the bones, it is entirely possible to reverse the severity of osteoporosis, reversing it altogether, in a safe, natural and scientific way.
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