A Simple Guide to the Causes of Osteoporosis

By M. Porteous

Osteoporosis is a condition of low bone density leading to fragile and easily broken bones. Knowing why such a condition comes about is most important in learning how to combat the condition, unfortunately there is no single cause of osteoporosis but there are quite a few major causes of osteoporosis that we can detect.

First we need to understand why the bones become so weak in a person with osteoporosis. Bones are a living tissue that is constantly being renewed through a process called "remodeling". This is where cells called osteoclasts search through bones in your body looking for old bone that needs replacing. When they find such an area the cells destroy that old bone leaving a small space in the bone. While this is happening cells call osteoblasts are also searching through the bone, however this cell is looking for the spaces left by the osteoclasts. When the osteoblasts find these empty spaces they have the power to fill that space with new bone. This process goes on our whole lives constantly regrowing the bones in our body. Someone who has osteoporosis means that those spaces left by the osteoclasts are not being filled quickly enough and leave the bone with a kind of honeycomb effect making it less dense and more prone to breakage. So this is the direct cause of the condition, but why do we have this imbalance in bone renewal?

Healthy bones are a product of a healthy body and a healthy body has healthy blood. However in today's western society we do not always have a healthy body or blood. In fact our blood often becomes acidic which is very bad for us. The body responds by stripping calcium from the bone to redress the acid levels but this calcium is not deposited back into the bone leaving a shortfall that the bone cannot make up while we continue to pollute our blood. The cause of this acidic blood is varied but mainly based on what we eat. A diet high in protein with lots of meat, processed food and dairy products causes our blood to change and start down the road to osteoporosis, only by changing our diet can we hold off conditions like this and in turn many other problems like heart disease and diabetes. Smoking and excessive drinking also pollute the body and add to the condition while a lack of exercise, especially weight based training will accelerate it.

So we see the cause of osteoporosis is not some hereditary disease, in fact it is a condition not a disease as it is just a byproduct of our lifestyle, eating habits and exercise. It is therefore possible to stop these causes of osteoporosis and lead a healthier life by controlling our lifestyles to eat more alkaline based food, exercise with weights and resistance training and generally try to live healthier!

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