Why do so many people suffer from osteoporosis today? Why is there so much calcification, why is there so much calcium that is not absorbed into the bone?
What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a very common disease in which the bones become increasingly brittle, which in turn causes them to be damaged, broken, ruptured, and so on. The most common injuries are on the vertebrae, ankles, wrists, femur, ie those bones that "hold" the body together. In severe osteoporosis, bones can be damaged by sneezing. Bones are made up of living tissues, mainly collagen - a protein that makes up a soft structure, and calcium phosphate, which gives bones hardness.Osteoporosis affects more women than men.
Osteoporosis - when bones no longer regenerate
The body implants new bone tissue and eliminates old ones throughout life. In childhood, the body produces much more bone tissue than in old age. At the age of thirty, bone production changes. In old age, it happens that the body removes more bone tissue than it produces.
We have two problems with osteoporosis: 1.The patient has too weak and poor quality bone mass at a young age, so the bones immediately become depleted at an old age. 2.The process of bone depletion in old age is too fast.
The bones are constantly changing, the body is constantly producing new bone tissue that replaces the old one. We call this "turnover." In youth, the body produces more bone tissue than it eliminates; until the age of 30, this constant grows. In old age, the opposite happens - the body destroys more bone tissue than it actually produces. The quality of bones depends on their shape and density, and the density itself depends on the amount of calcium, phosphorus and other synergistic minerals.Hormone levels also depend on bone density. In menopause, when estrogen levels drop, bone depletion is faster. Estrogen and progesterone levels also decrease in men.
WHO IS AT RISK?
• Menopausal women. • People with reduced bone density (it is also reduced by anorexia and constant weight loss). • If your mother has had osteoporosis, you have an increased risk of developing the disease. • Women who lose their periods prematurely. • Women who are overactive with a calorie-restricted diet, such as ballet dancers. • Women who have problems with overactive thyroid. • Women who reach menopause prematurely. • Smoking accelerates menopause. • Removal of the ovaries (usually at the same time as removal of the uterus). • People who have been treated with corticosteroids (cortisone, prednisolone) for a long time (more than six months). • The risk of developing the disease is also increased in some cancers, chronic liver disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
Facts about osteoporosis:
-With age, the chances of getting osteoporosis increase. -Thyroid hormone imbalance (hyperthyroidism) assumes that osteoclasts deplete bones, so it is worth checking bone density after each episode of hyperthyroidism. -Strong pharmacological treatments inhibit the absorption of calcium in the bone or inhibit the production of new bone tissue. -Crohn's disease, celiac disease, digestive problems, irritable bowel syndrome, gastritis, etc. inhibit calcium absorption in bone. -The human kidney type has a much higher chance of osteoporosis than the heart, liver and other types classified according to traditional Chinese medicine.
Symptoms of osteoporosis: When osteoporosis occurs, the person hardly notices it as there is no pain and no symptoms. However, once the disease has damaged the bones, the following symptoms of osteoporosis can occur: -back pain, -lower figure, -curvature of the spine, -damage to vertebrae, bones,femurs,etc.
Mineralogram - an overview of osteoporosis:
A mineralogram, a hair test, tells us how the body absorbs minerals and toxic metals, tells us what is going on inside the cell, not outside it. Examination of blood, urine, feces, saliva tells us what is happening outside the cell, this result is influenced by the homeostasis of the body.If the mineralogram, a hair test, reveals elevated levels of lead in the cell, we must perform chelation of the latter so that calcium is properly incorporated into the bone.
Mineral cycle of synergies and antagonisms between minerals:
Calcium is a very important mineral that plays a key role in osteoporosis. The recommended doses of daily calcium intake are:
-up to 1 year: 210–270 mg -up to 3 years: 500 mg -to 8 years: 800 mg -to 18 years: 1,300 mg -to 50 years: 1000 mg -51 years and older: 1200 mg
Foods high in calcium are: broccoli, spinach, sesame, pumpkin, soy, tofu. It is common knowledge that vitamin D is required for calcium absorption. In osteoporosis, 2000 units of vitamin D and 2500 mg of calcium per day are recommended. However, this is far from all, as there are certain synergies and antagonisms between minerals and vitamins. Calcium itself is not incorporated into the bone or is not absorbed if it has no help, if it does not receive synergistic minerals in the body or dietary supplement, such as: magnesium, phosphorus, copper, sodium, potassium, selenium.
Calcium antagonist minerals are: zinc, iron, manganese, lead, etc. Vitamins synergistic with calcium are: D, B6, B5, B2.
Vitamins calcium antagonists: A, C.
Even the absorption of vitamin D is not effective if we do not have synergistic minerals in the body: calcium, magnesium, sodium, selenium, copper. Calcium, which is ingested with food or taken in capsules and tablets, must also be absorbed and incorporated into the bones. A mineralogram, a hair test, is an indicator of the absorption of calcium and other minerals. It often happens that despite taking calcium, the condition of osteoporosis does not improve, calcium is not absorbed and even causes us calcifications, as its absorption is impaired. When calcium is not absorbed properly, it is abundant in the tissues (causes calcifications) and little in the bones (osteopenia or even osteoporosis). This happens because there are too few minerals in the body that are synergistic with calcium and too many of those that are antagonists to it. If we add zinc and calcium to the body together, the body will have the choice to absorb calcium or zinc, as both will not be absorbed together, as they are antagonists, so they are not synergistic minerals.
In osteoporosis, it is therefore pointless to supply only calcium. We need to make sure that we synergistically and harmoniously add all the minerals and vitamins that ensure that calcium is properly absorbed into the body.
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Very informative osteoporosis is due to lack of active form of vit D in our bodies which leads to the poor absorbtion of calcium in our bones so our bones become porous and weak