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There have been lots of misconceptions about osteoporosis and its causes throughout the years. Lack of calcium in the diet is one of them.<\/p>\nThere have been lots of misconceptions about osteoporosis and its causes throughout the years. Lack of calcium in the diet is one of them.<\/p>\n
A new study published in the Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine<\/em> finally reveals a reliable cause.<\/p>\n In the past, studies on the relationship between bone mineral density and diabetes have been mixed, with some showing a relationship and others not.<\/p>\n In response, a team of Egyptian scientists decided to analyze the effect of diabetes on bone mineral density in Egypt. <\/p>\n Their subjects were 90 patients, 60 with diabetes, and 30 without, all patients in Zagazig University Hospitals. They were all between 40 and 70 years of age.<\/p>\n Since older people, females, and post-menopausal women are the most likely of all groups to develop osteoporosis, these factors were controlled to ensure that they did not unduly affect the findings.<\/p>\n They found that bone mineral density was significantly lower in diabetic patients than in the non-diabetic ones. <\/p>\n The occurrence of osteoporosis was higher among the diabetics and osteopenia, a condition of low bone mineral density that is the precursor to osteoporosis, was also higher in the diabetics.<\/p>\n They matched each diabetic patient with a non-diabetic one of the same age and gender to ensure that it was diabetes that increased their likelihood of low bone mineral density.<\/p>\n Predictably, they discovered that osteopenia and osteoporosis were most common in diabetic postmenopausal women.<\/p>\n Luckily, diabetes is a modifiable risk factor that you can prevent through an appropriate diet and exercise program. Here are the three-step programs I recommend\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n