Oxford Osteoporosis and the Gut-Bone Axis

The gut-BONE connection? Yes! The gut is connected to a wide variety of body functions with the expression “gut-brain” connection likely being more recognizable. The gut-bone connection – “gut-bone axis” as one article names it - is getting attention. Satterwhite Chiropractic sees Oxford chiropractic patients with bone issues like osteoporosis, so this topic is quite important.

HOW ARE THE BONE AND GUT CONNECTED?

This issue of gut-bone connection has spread such that Osteoporosis and Bone Research Academy of the Royal Osteoporosis Society met in October 2020. This assembly reviewed past, present, and future studies about the interplay of diet, medication-use, immune development, health and lifestyle and the function of the human gut microbiota as they affect bone development in youth and bone maintenance and decrease in more mature folks. The helpful use of oral probiotics to potentially slow bone turnover and stop bone loss was highlighted, too. (1) 

HOW IS THE GUT-BONE CONNECTION RELATED TO OSTEOPOROSIS?

As the most frequent metabolic skeletal disease, osteoporosis impacts many people, men and women, due to its wearing down of the skeletal structure giving rise to bone loss. Any distress of the gut microbiota can trigger the bone remodeling balance and affect bone metabolism. (2) Satterwhite Chiropractic aims to help our Oxford chiropractic patients avert and/or treat osteoporosis.

TREATING OSTEOPOROSIS

The rate of postmenopausal osteoporosis has grown recently along with the rapidly aging global population. Addressing the “gut-bone axis” was explained as a balance of hormones, immunity, nutrient metabolism, gut microbiota metabolites, and intestinal permeability. (3) The use of traditional Chinese medicine’s Qing’e Pills was shown to regulate intestinal flora to enhance postmenopausal osteoporosis by increasing bone mineral density, altering gut microbiota, and positively affecting inflammatory factors. (4) A polyphenols-rich vinegar extract was found helpful in controlling blood glucose and lipidemia in diabetic rats as well as decreaing inflammation, increasing short chain fatty acid content, and reestablishing gut microbiota. (5) Ask Satterwhite Chiropractic about the positive effect of treating the vagal nerve origin in the gut to influence the gut. A big topic for another article, the vagus nerve - being the longest cranial nerve in the body that regulates gut function as well as helps in the control of cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, and immune systems – responds to treatment. (6) Interesting and effective! The options for dealing with the “gut-bone axis” and possibly averting osteoporosis expand! Bone nutrition is important. 

CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic

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Make your Oxford chiropractic appointment today. Are they connected? They sure are! The more researchers study it, the more alive the “gut-bone axis” becomes and the more ways to address its influence grow. Gut problems? Osteoporosis? Back pain? Bring them to Satterwhite Chiropractic!

 
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