It does struck men or women apparently out of thin air. Soon after these people turn fifty, confident in how good their lives are moving forward, the following day, a small bump sends him or her to the hospital with a hairline bone fracture. The loss of bone density, or osteoporosis bone loss, is actually a distressing aspect of life for most people, particularly those in our midst that happen to be women. It doesn’t matter if we believe it or not, there are particular eating habits most of us have picked up, that somehow appear to bring us to this current place. The following are the foods that cause bone loss.
There’s been a study done on women who are at the highest risk of bone loss through being at stage in their lives where this is known to happen,menopause. The typical American diet is somewhat partial to high salt content. We use about 50 g of salt every single day in our diet this country, and that’s about twice what we are allowed in a healthy diet. Dietitians will tell you that for each unit of 23 g of salt that you take in, your body melts off about 4 g of calcium. Almost all of the impossible levels of salt we take in every day comes from our french fries, canned meats, pizza and chips. In other words, if you avoided processed store-bought food for the most part, you’d probably come out on top without even noticing a difference in how you ate, come meal time.
So okay, your coffee is the highlight of the morning; and now that you think of it, it’s pretty much the highlight of the rest of your day as well. And that’s just the thing. The caffeine you take in, in a cup of coffee, weighs in at about a gram a cup. And it’s enough to make you lose a fraction of a gram of bone calcium each time around. While that’s not a lot, it certainly can add up to a good quantity of bone loss over the years. Your best bet here, would be to switch to coffee with milk, and to drink no more than a cup or two. No more endless refills for you.
Here’s one that you’re never going to believe; you do understand that as a woman nudging 55, that dairy is an important part of your diet. It has calcium, it has Vitamin A; might it be conceivable that you’re getting too much of Vitamin A though? There is such a thing as too heavy a dose of vitamins. Keeping up with your daily recommended dietary intake isn’t difficult in your standard American diet. Add to that the fact that there are lots of foods that come with vitamin fortification, and it could be easy to take in more than the 5000 IUs each day you are allowed. Once you cross the recommended level, vitamin A is capable of making your bones quite brittle through bone loss. Keep an eye on the vitamins in your diet, and you should be set.
You’ve heard stories about Coca-Cola, and how it can melt your bones, haven’t you? This isn’t some improbable conspiracy theory though. Fizzy drinks contain phosphoric acid; and this substance makes your body melt your bones to excrete calcium through your pee. Downing a soft drink is like actually taking a bone loss pill. If you are past menopause, you’d do well to stick with juices fortified with vitamin D.
So there you have it, there are actually things you include in your food intake which make your bones weaker, thinner. Making a handful of changes can help a lot; seriously though, how terrible can it be to stop drinking a carbonated drink if it can provide you with stronger bones?
