According to Professor Olga Lesnyak, President of the Russian Osteoporosis Society, there are three categories of people who are most at risk of developing osteoporosis.
The professor points out that osteoporosis is a disease in which bones appear to dissolve, lose weight, and lose their strength. Several groups of people are at risk of developing osteoporosis: women over the age of 50, pregnant women, and the elderly who suffer from certain diseases.
She says: “The largest group of people with osteoporosis are women over the age of 50. Women develop the disease after menopause due to a decrease in the production of female sex hormones, estrogen. Because nature protects the bone tissue of a young woman, because calcium is necessary during pregnancy. "But after 50 years, after menopause, the level of estrogen decreases, and changes begin in bone tissue. But if a woman during menopause begins hormonal treatment with female sex hormones, she will not be exposed to this risk."
But there are cases when young women suffer from osteoporosis on the background of pregnancy and breastfeeding the child. This indicates that before pregnancy she was suffering from a lack of mineral elements in her body.
Another group at risk of osteoporosis are people who suffer from diseases that negatively affect the bones.
She says: “For example, it could be thyrotoxicosis - increased thyroid function or hyperactivity of the parathyroid gland. These are many rheumatic diseases, diseases of the blood, kidneys and lungs. For example, osteoporosis can be caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which develops in smokers. And the list "It will be long."
Three nutritional mistakes that destroy the intestines
According to Dr. Yelena Maslennikova, a gastroenterologist, refined foods and alcoholic beverages damage the intestines.
In a statement to the newspaper "Izvestia", the doctor points out that preventing any disease is much easier than treating it. As for intestinal health, everything depends on the person's nutrition. There are three common nutritional errors that destroy the intestines.
1- Refined foods. These foods undergo numerous processing processes in order to improve their taste and increase their shelf life - fast food, fried potato chips, various types of sweets, foods that only need to be heated, and others.
2- Lack of dietary fiber. She says: “It is necessary that the diet contain a sufficient amount of dietary fiber found in fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds and nuts, as gut bacteria produce short-chain fatty acids that are necessary for intestinal health.”
3- Alcoholic drinks. Alcoholic beverages negatively affect the function and structure of intestinal cells.
She says: “Drinking alcohol leads to temporary swelling and inflammation in the intestinal cells, which hinders the absorption of necessary micro and macro nutrients. That is, if the body consumes alcohol regularly, it will suffer from a chronic lack of nutrients. According to her, this leads to hair loss and brittle nails.” Dry skin, loss of the intestines’ barrier function, and allergic reactions may occur.”
In addition, hot spices, caffeine, vinegar, smoked foods, preserves and flavor enhancers negatively affect the intestines. Because it destroys the mucous barrier and causes inflammation, which leads to a decrease in the density of cellular communications in the intestine and thus the development of bacterial overgrowth syndrome and fungal overgrowth syndrome.