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Did you know? My mother-in-law lost 2.5 inches of her height in the years before she started taking the special Vibrant Life calcium that stopped her bone loss. It is not unusual for older people to shrink in size. A woman of 80 might have lost three or more inches from her height at 50!
You can’t grow those inches back, with any treatment I know, but you can sure stop further losses, and you can strengthen those bones so much that the chances of hip fracture are much less! Osteoporosis is sometimes called brittle bone disease.
In Europe, Japan and the United States, an estimated 75 million people suffer from osteoporosis – as many as 200 million worldwide. If present trends continue, the prevalence of osteoporosis is expected to double by 2020.
So how do bone grow to begin with? Prior to birth and for several months after birth, the skeleton has very little bone. Many bones start out as cartilage. As the child grows, cartilage transforms into true bone (endochondral ossification). Ossification rates appear at set time in healthy children and can be evaluated by radiographic imaging.
Bones are a storehouse of minerals. They hold 99% of the bodies calcium, 86% of its phosphate, and 54% of our magnesium. Calcium is an essential element in keeping bones healthy and strong. But calcium plays an important role in other essential functions as well: - Calcium keeps membranes permeable
- Muscles can not contract without calcium
- Blood can not clot without calcium
- Certain enzymes can not function without calcium
To keep bones healthy and in good repair, other nutrients are needed. Vitamin D stimulates the body to absorb calcium and phosphorus. It plays a key role in making it possible for calcium and phosphorus to cross through the intestinal wall. Lack of vitamin D causes the condition known as Rickets.
Vitamins A and C are essential for bone remodeling and growth. Insufficient supply of vitamin A results in a serious condition of decreased osteoblast activity, commonly known as Scurvy.
Bone Formation
Step 1: Bone resorption and remodeling begins when hormones are sent out into the bloodstream, triggering osteoclasts to respond to the site where new bone needs to be produced.
Step 2: Osteoclasts dissolve away existing bone (resorption & remodeling), creating an indentation or cavity.
Step 3: Once the osteoclasts have prepared the site, osteoblasts move in and begin to secrete collagen fibers, which will provide a framework for new bone formation.
Step 4: Hormones cause minerals to be pulled out of bones throughout the body and into the bloodstream. They are attracted to the site where new bone is being formed and bind to the new collagen framework. New bone tissue is created.
To keep bones healthy and in good repair, there is a mechanism in place to repair damaged tissue and to revitalize old, weakened bone with new, strong material. Specialized cells called osteoblasts accomplish this. Blast means make or form. Osteoblasts converge at the site where bone repair will take place. They secrete collagen fibers, which bind to minerals absorbed from the bloodstream, and new bone is created. Forming new bone requires adequate Calcium and Phosphorous. Certain hormones can activate a release of these minerals into the bloodstream so they are readily available when needed.
What would happen if humans didn't have bones? You'd be floppy like a beanbag. Could you stand up? Forget it. Could you walk? No way. Without bones you'd be just a puddle of skin and guts on the floor.
Bones have two purposes. Some, like your backbone, provide the structure which enables you to stand erect instead of lying like a puddle on the floor. Other bones protect the delicate, and sometimes soft, insides of your body. Your skull, a series of fused bones, acts like a hard protective helmet for your brain. The bones, or vertebrae, of your spinal column surround your spinal cord, a complex bundle of nerves. Imagine what could happen to your heart and lungs without the protective armor of your rib cage!
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