[Vision2020] Fw: Why are women more likely to suffer from osteoarthritis?

[lfalen]

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Why are women more likely to suffer from osteoarthritis?
From: "Nutrition Action" <nutritionaction at nutritionaction.com>
To: LFALEN at TURBONET.COM
Date: 06/20/16 13:32:54

NutritionAction.com » Daily
 
 Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to see it on the web with links, graphics and references.

 
 
 
 
FOLLOW US   

 
 
 Monday, June 20, 2016
Nutrition Action Daily Tip
 
The problem may be muscles.Author: David Schardt  in: Exercise for Health
"Women are more likely than men to suffer from osteoarthritis, particularly in the knee," says Mary O'Connor, director of the Musculoskeletal Center at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital.
Why the knee? Researchers aren't sure. But they do know that women with knee arthritis have weaker muscles than men with knee arthritis, and that muscles help protect joints.

 "Men have testosterone, which builds stronger muscles," says O'Connor. And it's the quadriceps, the group of muscles at the front of the thigh that helps the knee absorb the impact of walking and other activities.
Arthritis is also more debilitating in women.
"If you take a group of men who are going to have a knee replacement and you compare them with men of the same age with healthy knees, the guys who are going to have surgery have weaker quad muscles in that leg," O'Connor explains.
"But when you do the same comparison in women, the difference in quad strength and walking speed between those having knee replacement and those with healthy knees shows that women with knee arthritis have much greater...
Keep reading to learn more>>
 
 Order a subscription to Nutrition Action Healthletter: A one-year subscription term is 10 issues, monthly except combined issues in January/February and July/August. And choose your delivery method - print version only; digital version only (delivered immediately upon order processing); or print plus the digital editions.

Nutrition Action names names. Our nutritionists and scientists tell you exactly what's wrong-and what's right-with hundreds of brand-name packaged foods, fresh foods, and restaurant fare. Nutrition Action is honest, unbiased, and science-based. It's completely independent and has no advertising. So we're free to blow the whistle on products that aren't what they pretend to be-and to applaud the good ones. Order Now!  Subscriptions to Nutrition Action Healthletter are not available in Canada at this time. 


More Nutrition Action Healthy Tips you can read:

Is Weight Gain a Common Sign of Gluten Sensitivity?
 Then why are people diagnosed with celiac disease usually underweight?"We're going to reveal the major signs of gluten sensitivity," promised Dr. Oz on one of his shows several years ago.
His first sign: weight gain.
"It's not just eating the gluten that makes us heavy," Dr Oz claimed. "When you have a gluten sensitivity, it's really getting your hormones out of whack, and that then leads to inflammation and swelling."
This makes you "hold on to fat" that you should have burned off, he told his viewers. "And even if you go on a diet, if there's gluten in there, you don't...
Read More>>


 Take advantage of this helpful booklet

 
Sweet Nothings: Safe ... Or Scary? The Inside Scoop on Sugar SubstitutesIs aspartame the safest artificial sweetener? Or is it sucralose? Are sugar substitutes made from monk fruit safer because they are "natural"? Or are they all dangerous?
NutritionAction.com's Sweet Nothings: Safe … Or Scary? The Inside Scoop on Sugar Substitutes will tell you what's safe, unsafe, or inadequately tested.
We'd all like to satisfy our sweet tooth while avoiding sugar's known negative impacts on our waistlines, blood sugar levels, hearts, and teeth, just to name a few. Hence the United States' increased use of artificial and "natural" non-caloric sugar substitutes over the last decade, from over 6 million pounds in 2002 to over 8 million pounds in 2012. Worldwide, the market for artificial and other high-intensity sweeteners is expected to reach nearly $1.9 billion in 2017. For low-calorie sugar substitutes called sugar alcohols, the worldwide market already surpassed that, reaching $2 billion in 2012. FIND OUT MORE
 


How restaurants maneuver us into eating and spending more
They know our weak spots.
 What makes us eat more when we eat out? "First, it's bigger servings," says Deborah Cohen, who has served on technical and advisory panels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"Restaurants typically serve us more calories than we can burn, and people are eating out more often," she explains.
A recent authoritative review examined 72 studies and concluded that if you serve people larger portions, they eat more. "It's automatic," Cohen stresses.
Another way restaurants encourage us to eat more is by offering combo meals.
"But people also order a combo meal because they have to make only one decision. If they didn't get a combo with a burger, fries, and Coke, they'd have to make three decisions."
One study found that if people had to order foods separately, in most cases they'd order only two of the three items in the combo. They'd skip either the fries or the soda and end up saving money and getting fewer calories. Restaurants...
Read More »
 

 Health Information Just for Women

 
 For Women OnlyThe signs of a heart attack or a stroke are different in women than in men. Women have a higher risk of osteoporosis and, of course, breast cancer. And they're more likely to suffer from constipation and muscle loss. Here's what women need to know to stay strong and healthy. Read More...
Order your copy today! 


Click for a free health-conscious download: Exercise for Health: 15 Easy Exercises to Do at Home 

  

 FOLLOW US   
UNSUBSCRIBE     FORWARD TO A FRIEND
Help us be sure that this email newsletter gets to your inbox. Adding our return address customercare at NutritionAction.com to your address book may ‘whitelist’ us with your filter, helping future email newsletters get to your inbox.
Need to contact us? Contact us by email: customercare at NutritionAction.com or phone: 202-777-8393
NutritionAction.com
1220 L Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
We value your privacy and will not rent your email address to anyone. View our privacy policy.
Copyright © 2015 NutritionAction.com. All rights reserved.



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20160620/ed0a9d52/attachment-0001.html>