{"id":745,"date":"2011-11-07T19:08:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T19:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestdallaspersonaltrainer.com\/blog\/?p=251"},"modified":"2016-01-24T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T14:08:00","slug":"how-your-bones-can-help-you-live-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/how-your-bones-can-help-you-live-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"How Your Bones Can Help You Live Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve already heard time and time again about needing to have \u201cstrong\u201d bones as you age, and\u00a0with good reason. According to the Office of the Surgeon General, nearly 1 out of 2 Americans will suffer from osteoporosis by 2020. 1<\/sup> But here\u2019s what you don\u2019t know\u2026 Keeping your bones healthy goes far beyond just avoiding breaks or fractures. Emerging new researching suggests that keeping your bones healthy can affect your OVERALL health! Let me explain\u2026<\/p>\n

Up until recently, it\u2019s been thought that your skeletal system plays just three roles:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Provide a structure for your muscles to attach to and protect your vital organs.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Act as \u201cstorage\u201d for important minerals like magnesium and calcium.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Harbor the body\u2019s blood-producing tissues and part of the cellular immune system.<\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s a fourth function. It\u2019s been found that bones have hormone-like proteins that can affect insulin sensitivity (which can directly affect weight management.) Not only that, but osteoporosis has now also been linked to arteriosclerosis (calcification of the arteries). Healthy bones have cells called osteoblasts that are responsible for producing the signaling protein called osteocalcin. A study published in the April 2011 edition of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research found that osteocalcin plays a direct role in insulin secretion in the pancreas. 2<\/sup> What\u2019s more, it also improves insulin sensitivity throughout the body. 3,4<\/sup><\/p>\n

Also, it seems that osteocalcin is linked to the hormone leptin. The higher your osteocalcin levels, the lower your leptin. (Lower leptin levels are associated with a healthy weight. Higher levels are indicative of leptin resistance\u2014commonly found in overweight and obese people.) 5<\/sup><\/p>\n

If that wasn\u2019t enough, weak bones are an EXCELLENT indicator of arteriosclerosis. As calcium leaves the bones during osteoporosis, it gets caught in the blood vessels, building up and creating deadly plaque deposits. 6<\/sup> So bottom line, what does all this mean? Weak and unhealthy bones mean a greater risk for increased fat mass, inflammation, and heart disease. Which means only one thing\u2014to live a long, disease-free life, make sure to keep your bones healthy!<\/p>\n

Get enough calcium every day. Around 1,000 mg is optimal based on the research. Also, you need to make sure that calcium actually gets absorbed and metabolized. For that, make sure to get enough vitamin K2, normally found in green, leafy veggies. Or, it can also be taken as a supplement. And finally, exercise and lift weights. It\u2019s proven to boost your bone density, protecting them against breaks and fractures.<\/p>\n

So there you have it. Take care of those bones\u2026 and they\u2019ll take care of you!<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0US Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Surgeon General. \u201cBone Health and Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General.\u201d October 14, 2004.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Clemens TL, et. al. The osteoblast: An insulin target cell controlling glucose homeostasis. J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Apr;26(4):677-80.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Kim YS, et al.Integrative physiology: defined novel metabolic roles of osteocalcin. J Korean Med Sci. 2010 Jul;25(7):985-91.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Ferron M, McKee MD, et al. Intermittent injections of osteocalcin improve glucose metabolism and prevent type 2 diabetes in mice. Bone. 2011 Apr 29.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Gravenstein KS, Napora JK, Short RG, et al. Cross-sectional evidence of a signaling pathway from bone homeostasis to glucose metabolism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Mar 9.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Hjortnaes J, Butcher J, et al. Arterial and aortic valve calcification inversely correlates with osteoporotic bone remodeling: a role for inflammation. Eur Heart J. 2010 Aug;31(16):1975-84.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve already heard time and time again about needing to have \u201cstrong\u201d bones as you age, and\u00a0with good reason. According to the Office of the Surgeon General, nearly 1 out of 2 Americans will suffer from osteoporosis by 2020. 1 But here\u2019s what you don\u2019t know\u2026 Keeping your bones healthy goes far beyond just avoiding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[35,1,42],"tags":[36,37,15,11,17,19,22,38,39,40,41,14,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5538,"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions\/5538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}