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Menopause & Osteoporosis

Risk factors for developing osteoporosis are:

Ethnicity (particularly Caucasian subjects). This is due to lifestyle (diet rich in calcium, protein and low in vitamins, including vitamins D, B12 and K)
Age high
The female
Low body mass index
Family history of fractures of the femoral neck
Deficiencies in calcium and protein
Excessive consumption of tobacco, alcohol, coffee,
The vitamin D deficiency (lack of sunshine and vegetable consumption)
Physical inactivity, prolonged immobilization
Deficit in sex hormones

premature menopause induced or spontaneous, castration (both sexes) chemical or surgical No late puberty,

Certain hormonal diseases, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, diabetes mellitus, hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s disease.)
Hyperandrogenism, Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome
Metabolic diseases: hemochromatosis gene, isolated hypercalciuria, idiopathic or family
Inflammatory rheumatism: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis,
Other chronic diseases: chronic renal failure, hepatocellular failure, cirrhosis, mastocytosis
Some treatments, especially corticosteroids prolonged GnRH analogues, aromatase inhibitors.

At the genetic level, mutations in several genes LPR5 and LPR6 (low-density lipoprotein receptor) appear to correlate with a slightly increased risk of osteoporosis

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Osteoporosis is a bone disease that is caused by a loss of calcium and producing just to lose bone mass, weak bones and increase the risk of fractures. Osteoporosis is more common in women than in men because they have less bone mass, tend to live longer and take less calcium. It also influences a woman needs estrogen to maintain bone strength.

Once total bone mass has peaked-around age 35-all adults start to lose. In women, the rate of bone loss accelerates after menopause, when estrogen levels fall. Since the ovaries make estrogen, bone loss may occur faster if both ovaries are removed by surgery.

The incidence in women is higher with the arrival of menopause with it then accelerates calcium loss. Before menopause, women need daily, one serving of 1,000 milligrams of calcium, then it can stay in that amount if we are eating or increase estrogen grams in 5000 if we are not hormones.

This information is particularly interesting because scientific research is demonstrating that the ingestion of hormones may have consequences for cardiovascular health as the amount of calcium women need as they approach menopause is important. The most healthy and normal to ingest calcium is through food and, of course, the rich in this substance are dairy products: milk, yogurt, cheese … but not the only ones. Also nuts, beans, sardines and broccoli are rich in calcium.

A person may have osteoporosis and not know it until a fracture occurs, is a chronic pain in the lower back or begins to form a ‘hump’ on top of it. Therefore, the best treatment for osteoporosis is prevention: exercise, intake of at least 1,000 mg of calcium daily, and leave the snuff can delay the onset of the disease.

But in addition to prevention must talk about risk factors among which are: an advanced menopause (before age 48 years), surgery to remove ovaries before menopause, low calcium through food, sedentary lifestyle, osteoporosis family, snuff and alcohol excess, or hyperthyroidism. The skin is usually too white, too, indicate a possible osteopororisis.

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Food and Exercise

In recent decades, food and exercise have emerged as cornerstones in the prevention and treatment of relevant diseases, eg, obesity and osteoporosis. The fundamental objectives to be pursued by both physical exercise such as food if you want to be successful in the prevention and treatment of these and other diseases.

A person who makes mild-moderate exercise (walking, jogging does nothing …) without the aim of the competition, basically, in addition to proper hydration, a varied and balanced diet that is, you need to eat all kinds of food, while ensuring that there is a predominance of foods high in carbohydrates, limiting to a maximum of 30% of daily calories consumed as fat and 12-15% of calories as protein.

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