Among my friends, many of whom are women of a certain age, one topic seems to dominate our conversations about health: bones. It makes sense, given that 20 percent of American women ages 50 and older have osteoporosis and that more than half have detectable bone loss . For men, the respective figures are lower: 4 percent and a third. Worldwide, one out of three women over age 50 and one out of five older men will develop an osteoporotic fracture—a hip, a wrist, a vertebra or two.
Bone is a dynamic tissue, constantly replenished with new cells. Calcium is the key nutrient for building bone, and vitamin D enables the gut to absorb calcium from the food we eat, so doctors often recommend D supplements to counteract age-related bone loss. Today more than a third of American adults ages 60 and older pop this vitamin.
“Food and incidental sun exposure likely provide enough vitamin D for healthy adults,” says endocrinologist Meryl LeBoff of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who led the study. But LeBoff puts an emphasis on “healthy” adults. The study did not focus on those who already have osteoporosis and/or take medications for it. Such people would be wise to remain on extra vitamin D and calcium, she advises.
For those of us who like to start our day with coffee, modest consumption may help our bones. Although very high levels of caffeine—say, six to eight cups of coffee—cause calcium to be lost in urine, one or two cups seems to have a beneficial effect. A study led by Ching-Lung Cheung of Hong Kong University linked three digestive by-products of coffee with greater bone density at the lumbar spine or upper thigh bone.
Vitamin D is a big factor in preventing of COVID. Nice to see you hard at work trying to kill people. Attaboy!
Wait, so milk is GOOD for you again? Ugh, I can't keep up.
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Vitamin D is racist.
I mean wtf is this 😂😂😂
My vitamin D was very low. And many many women I know are the same way! Is this rag trying to stop people from taking vitamin D because it helps prevent severe Covid I seriously wouldn’t put it past the propaganda artists they call journalists that work here!!
This is racist. If you disagree then you prove I’m right.
This is misinformation at its highest form. Absolutely despicable that you print something this mendacious without any truth to it whatsoever. You've gone so 'woke' you now accept lies as fact. Disgusted!
«“Food and incidental sun exposure likely provide enough vitamin D for healthy *fair skinned* adults *at mid latitudes*,”» Fixed that for them.
Makes sense since parathyroid activity is inversely related to osteoblast calcium uptake (and Vitamin D levels). So if excess vitamin D fully suppresses PTH, the cells are not going to increase their calcium uptake beyond the normal baseline levels.
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