La Grande Osteoporosis & Fracture Prevention with Calcium and Vitamin D
Fractures are no fun. Fractures are painful. Fractures slow you down. Fractures are pricey in not only in terms of money but also time and suffering. How can osteoporotic fractures be prevented? Calcium and vitamin D supplementation for those who have osteoporosis. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC cares for many La Grande osteoporotic patients and endorses preventive measures like nutritional supplementation to preempt osteoporotic fractures and keep our La Grande chiropractic patients strong and fit.
SUPPLEMENTATION SAVES SUFFERING AND MONEY FOR FRACTURES
Your La Grande chiropractor knows well that supplementing with calcium and vitamin D feeds the bones and helps them be strong. This feeding and strengthening ideally should begin in the teen years, but supplementing at any age is of value. A new study of osteoporosis patients in the European Union and the United States shares a some startling statistics:
(A) more than 500,000 fractures a year in the EU and 300,000 in the US could be avoided if every osteoporotic adult in the EU and US used calcium and vitamin D and
(B) €5.7 billion in the EU and $3.3 billion in the US could be saved. (1)
Those are some huge figures! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC certainly encourages backing this effort to save money and, more importantly, suffering by supplementing with calcium and vitamin D3.
THE PROPER TYPE OF SUPPLEMENT IS KEY
Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is very certain that if you are making the effort to take calcium and vitamin D, you want it to work. You want the nutrients to be absorbed as much as possible. That is where the type of vitamin D you take is important. Achieving and maintaining proper levels of vitamin D is also key for bone and general health. This is an issue for people around the world. Why? Absorption. Absorption may be hindered in conditions like obesity in which nutrients get stuck in the adipose tissue, in diseases that are known for decreased intestinal absorption, and with some neurological diseases that need special drugs that prompt the person’s system to not synthesize the calcifediol effectively. The recommendation in this recent research paper is to take oral calcifediol (vitamin D3) as it is three to five times more powerful and has a higher rate of intestinal absorption. (2) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC recognizes the importance of good absorption.
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Chiropractors incorporate spinal manipulation, exercise, nutrition, and more into a treatment plan. Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jeremy Heidt on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who shares his plan of care for a patient’s neck pain and migraine as it is an example of La Grande chiropractic care that incorporates nutrition, lifestyle pointers, exercise, and spinal manipulation using gentle Cox® Technic to manage spine-related pain.
Schedule a La Grande chiropractic appointment with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC today. Why? It facilitates prevention of osteoporotic fractures and saves a lot of money! Just remember the answer to this question: “How might osteoporotic fractures be avoided?” Calcium and vitamin D supplementation.
