Diabetic women have more than twice the rate of hip fracture compared to non-diabetic women. This finding was disclosed in the current issue of the medical journal ‘Diabetic Care’ based upon a study exceeding 20 years duration with more than 100,000 women.
The reason this occurs was noted as “not entirely clear” to the medical researchers that conducted the study. A more accurate notation would have been “without a clue”. Thinking medically rather than nutritionally often leaves researchers clueless.
Here’s a clue … or two or three
Recent figures noted that standard American dietary (SAD) choices consist of 20 per cent refined, white flour.
Whole grain prior to being refined down to white flour is rich in the mineral chromium. Processing removes 91 per cent of that chromium.
Chromium is an essential nutrient for life specifically for blood sugar metabolism.
Consuming 20 per cent of your diet from food with 91 per cent of the chromium removed is a menu to impede blood sugar metabolism.
Diabetes is a disorder of impeded blood sugar metabolism.
Whole grain prior to being refined down to white flour is also rich in the mineral silicon. Processing removes 95 per cent of that silicon.
Silicon serves a great many functions in the body. One of the most dramatic areas of need for silicon is bone strength.
Consuming 20 per cent of your diet from food with 95 per cent of the silicon removed is a menu to diminish bone strength.
Hip fracture is a result of diminished bone strength.
Whole grain prior to being refined down to white flour is rich in the mineral magnesium as well. Processing removes 75 per cent of that magnesium.
Magnesium also serves a great many functions in the body. One important need for magnesium is bone strength.
Consuming 20 per cent of your diet from food with 75 per cent of the magnesium removed is a menu to diminish bone strength.
Hip fracture is a result of diminished bone strength.
The same SAD choices that lead to 20 per cent of food intake from refined, white flour dramatically reduces both the anti-diabetic mineral chromium, and the bone strengthening minerals silicon and magnesium.
Decades of SAD choices create a gross deficiency of minerals. Changing your choices may stop the deficit from increasing but will not fill in the gaping holes you have dug for yourself. Supplementation becomes an issue at this juncture. The quality of your supplementation will significantly impact your quality of life.
Chromium and silicon supplements are only efficient in 100 per cent whole food or vegetal forms. Magnesium is most efficient in a 100 per cent whole food form though it may still have some effectiveness in other forms.
Medical uncertainty vs. nutritional certainty
The medical study noted above admitted uncertainty and a need for more study. One of the medical researchers concluded that "the results of this study highlight the need for fracture and fall prevention strategies in patients with diabetes."
Supplementation with the minerals silicon and magnesium in vegetal or 100 per cent whole food forms is a winning strategy for bone health of diabetics and non-diabetics alike.
