Is Nutrition the missing link to your health?

Posts Tagged ‘Bone Health’

Milk is traditionally held up as the perfect ‘bone’ food. Rich in calcium we are told to include adequate dairy products in our diet to help prevent against the bone thinning disease osteoporosis. But is milk really good for our bones? A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition seems to provide an alternative view. In this study researchers tracked the dietary habits of 72,000 women for 18 years and found no relationship between the amount of milk consumed and the risk of hip fracture.

Vitamin D, used to only be linked to bone diseases such as rickets and osteoporosis, but increasingly research studies are revealing its importance in many areas of human health.

In a paper published recently in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vitamin D’s role is identified in a number of health conditions inclluding immunity, blood sugar control, blood pressure management, heart health, muscle strength and brain activity. Adequate amounts of vitamin D are also believed to be beneficial in reducing the risk of cancer.