Osteoporosis: Mostly a Lifestyle Deficiency

Like most degenerative chronic diseases, osteoporosis is primarily due to our modern lifestyle which is characterized by a lack of physical activities, a too stressful physical and mental environment and by an acidic diet. This modern lifestyle often leads to a condition called “acidosis” or body over-acidity. Acidosis is blamed to be the seedbed of most degenerative chronic diseases known, including osteoporosis. So for nutritionists osteoporosis, like most degenerative chronic diseases, is first of all an indication of a deficiency in our lifestyle and particularly in our nutrition.

In the case of acidosis the accumulation of acidic wastes in and around the cell constitutes an extremely toxic condition for each individual cell and thus for the whole body. So in presence of acidosis, the body will fight to restore the acid-alkaline balance first by using its primary regulatory defense mechanisms. The body will try to eliminate the acid excess trough blood circulation, breathing, sweating and urination. But if the acid excess continues to build up the body will start using and depleting its mineral alkaline reserves. At this stage calcium specifically is leached first from the blood and soft tissues, and then from bones, teeth and cartilages. This last process will progressively lead to hypocalcaemia and to osteoporosis.

Moreover the more the body becomes acidic, the more the blood cells will agglomerate and the less the blood will be fluid. The blood will no longer be able to get to all the little capillaries throughout the body. A poor blood circulation will cause through the body a lack of oxygen (energy) and nutrients, and an insufficiency in the transport of antibodies and in the elimination of wastes. This situation will impair the body overall metabolism and physiology, as well as its immune system and will lead to most degenerative chronic diseases, including osteoporosis.

With a healthy lifestyle and a balanced nutrition you can fight both acidosis and degenerative chronic diseases. Particularly you can stop and eventually reverse osteoporosis with an alkaline diet enriched with nutritional supplements.

The foods we eat are divided into two groups: acid-forming foods (animal products, cereals, sugars) and alkaline-producing foods (vegetables, fruits). For more details on individual food acid-alkaline properties please see our Acid-Alkaline Foods Chart. To maintain our general health we need to have an alkaline diet which should consist of at least 80% of alkaline-producing foods and of not more than 20% of acid-forming foods. This goal is of course hard and almost impossible to reach with today lifestyle. But to get our nutrition balanced anyway we need to add to our modern acidic diet on a daily base a number of nutritional supplements. Altichealthprevention.com offer nutritional supplements not only for osteoporosis, but also for acid reflux, arthritis, Candida yeast infections, obesity overweight, premature aging, and more.