Patients who experience stroke are at increased risk of bone loss and fractures, and should be treated to prevent bone loss before falls and fractures occur.
When patients become less able to move limbs or body regions as a result of their stroke, they can lose bone, which places them at increased risk of fractures.
A previous study found that patients can lose up to 14% of bone from a paralyzed hip during the year after a stroke. In another study, stroke patients were two to four times more likely to suffer hip fracture than their peers.
Potential bone loss is often overlooked in stroke treatment. Hip fractures can be a source of serious disability in stroke survivors, adding additional pain and loss of independence. Worse, up to 30% of patients who experience hip fractures die within a year.
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As the above article shows, if we simply increase our vegetable intake we will lower our risk of stroke.
I am in the process of writing a book on osteoporosis that should be available soon, and my extensive review of the literature to date strongly supports that the same vegetables that decrease stroke can profoundly improve your bone density.
Eating large amounts of vegetables maybe one of the single most important things you can do to improve your bone density. Vegetables likely work by reducing one's acid lose and secondarily the release of minerals from the bone to compensate for this increased acidity.
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