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Tips towards a healthier skeletal frame..our bones and joints [part 1]
by: lucywong
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Penny wise, pound foolish. What we invest in our bones will be very much rewarding in our later years. Aging starts from our legs. It is not a saying well proven, but it is such a compulsory reminder to all that we must possess flexible limbs and strong legs. Our legs will support our whole body's skeletal frame and all of us depend on them very much to walk or move around.
Here are some tips on how to maintain healthy skeletal frames, especially our knees
[1] Know what to eat
Eat foods that contain a good source of calcium and magnesium. Eat foods that can build and maintain strong bones and teeth. Calcium is by far the most potent mineral that can keep our bones and teeth in good condition. It is also the body's primary alkalizing agent needed for balancing the functioning of all the major organ systems, including the nervous system. Every major metabolic reaction and new cell growth or tissue regeneration needs calcium. It is exceptionally alkalizing and relatively easy to assimilate. It dissolves very easily in water too.
Enough Vitamin D from sunlight will also help. Magnesium is also the key component in a wide range of alkaline enzymes that the body must produce to conduct the neutralizing of acidity in our body. Calcium and magnesium work together as the 'dynamic duo' to effectively helps in alkalizing our blood and body tissues.
All of us should learn how to prevent osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and gout. Bone is a living tissue, and like most tissue, it dies and is replaced in every 5 years. However tissue dies at a faster rate and does not have time to be fully replaced due to old age. The bone loss will lead to easy fractures. .
We too should eat enough food that provides Vitamin C that helps to cement and strengthen collagen and synovial fluid that is a lubricant and nutrient. It helps maintains our tendons, cartilage and ligaments elasticity. Read more to understand the wonder of Vitamin C as powerful antioxidants.
Rheumatoid arthritis can be relieved by taking omega-3 supplements, reporting less joint pain and less morning stiffness. Omega-3 can be good 'grease' for our joints too.
2] Know what not to eat
Don't drop 'acid bombs' into our body system. What are they? Soft drinks that are carbonated and sweetened! These drinks will instantly acidify the bloodstream to the extreme point that, an immediate emergency response from our body is needed. To counteract this acidifying situation, our body reacts swiftly by drawing huge amounts of organic calcium from our bones and teeth, thus lowering our body's reserves of calcium which are stored in them.
What happen next is that our bones and teeth will be sacrificed for that cause. Soon our body will be very much depleted of the necessary nutrients and eventually causing a corruption in our bones and teeth. White sugar...sugar... minimize or just cut off white sugar also known as white plague. Replace sugar with honey, brown sugar or unprocessed sugar or fructose or glucose, not complex sugars....
How can one expect to walk tall and straight? If we don't supply or take enough of these 'materials' for building and repairing, how can one expect to possess a good skeletal frame? Most of the aged women are bent and hunchback. Or 'stored' in homes by 'filial' sons and daughters who felt ashamed of exposing their aged and sick parents. Some even 'kicked' them out of home and send them elsewhere. When they were still babies and sick, their parents looked after them. But now that they are old and disabled and sick, where are these children?.
One day, yes one day, their children will know what to do with these parents. After all, monkey see, monkey do, people see, people do. Some of them were just so ashamed to let people know that they have handicapped, senile and useless parents at home, that is why I describe it as 'stored' at home.
to be continued...
About the Author
Vist Lucy Wong's blog 4 dimension of health and let Professor of Love show you how to maintain perfect health with her health tips. All of us should go for all 4 dimensions of health to achieve total health and happiness. The website url is http://lucystips.blogspot.com.
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