Aging bones. We can’t evade
signs of aging, and our bones tell our age. As we age, we lose bone
density. Some of us find that we have osteoarthritis of bone. We
all would enjoy not having to deal with 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 Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. They may be a tasty way for our Groton
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 stop it explains one set of researchers. NSAIDs and analgesics help with
the pain but not with the course of osteoarthritis. Taking
drugs sometimes results in some adverse side effects for
some patients over time
which lead a group of researchers to check into
what else may be beneficial. In their analysis of
peer-reviewed articles, they concluded that nutrition can improve
osteoarthritis symptoms. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office has seen this often in its
Groton 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, enhance vitamin levels and address overweight levels
are beneficial in osteoarthritis care, including
these two nutrients is, too. (1) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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? 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 report that tart cherry shielded
bone structure from inflammation-induced bone loss and (unlike infliximab, a common
drug) moderately improved the decrease in bone stiffness. (2) That
is beneficial! The researchers suggested
that tart cherry may be useful to avoid future fragility fractures due to highly chronic inflammation. (2) Further, another
set of researchers note how the immune and endocrine systems have
a role in age-related bone loss. Anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and prebiotic foods
like tart cherries can potentially offset
this happening. In testing 5% and 10%
Montmorency tart cherry intake, researchers found significantly greater bone
thickness in patients using the cherry than the control group
patients. They concluded that cherry supplementation (5% and
10%) improved bone mineral density down to the
trabecular and cortical bone microarchitecture! (3) All from cherries!
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office sees this as a simple way to improve bone and is certain our Groton chiropractic
patients will, too!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Luigi Albano on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Albano details
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 Groton chiropractic appointment today
at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. We can check the condition of
your bone as well as your risk of age-related bone loss and cherry-related
improvement! Managing aging bones may be very
tasty!