What I learned today
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What I learned today
At work I started to give my staff little tips on wellness. Things I've learned here and on other sites.
One thing which sort of gave me an aha that's why I'm in this journey is that being overweight puts huge pressure on your joints. For each extra pound of excess weight on your body, you add 3 times that amount of pressure on your knees. This means that 10 extra pounds equates to 30 pounds of pressure grinding down. And when walking up stairs, multiply your extra weight by 7. Thirty pounds of pressure just became 70 pounds. Over time, this force wears away your cartilage, leaving an area of arthritis.
As you lose weight and reduce the pressure on your joints, the cushioning between your bones will build back up. A 10 pound weight loss over 10 years may result in as much as a 50% decrease in your odds of developing osteoarthritis.
Now of course I have experienced this first hand but was really fascinating was that you can reverse the damage to the conditioning. I'm sure not in 100% of the all cases but I am continually amazed at the body's ability to rejuvenate.
I stole this from Dr. Oz
One thing which sort of gave me an aha that's why I'm in this journey is that being overweight puts huge pressure on your joints. For each extra pound of excess weight on your body, you add 3 times that amount of pressure on your knees. This means that 10 extra pounds equates to 30 pounds of pressure grinding down. And when walking up stairs, multiply your extra weight by 7. Thirty pounds of pressure just became 70 pounds. Over time, this force wears away your cartilage, leaving an area of arthritis.
As you lose weight and reduce the pressure on your joints, the cushioning between your bones will build back up. A 10 pound weight loss over 10 years may result in as much as a 50% decrease in your odds of developing osteoarthritis.
Now of course I have experienced this first hand but was really fascinating was that you can reverse the damage to the conditioning. I'm sure not in 100% of the all cases but I am continually amazed at the body's ability to rejuvenate.
I stole this from Dr. Oz
Last edited by crazigerl; 02-02-2012 at 04:25 PM. Reason: adding text
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I take that too, I don't know if it does anything as when I started taking it I didn't have any pain but I give the same pills to the dog who has arthritis in her legs and the difference after 4 weeks is amazing. I do know that it is one of those cumulative supplements in that you have to wait 2-6 weeks for it's effect and you have to keep up with it. I think I'm becoming a walking labratory.
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May be true, but
I wouldn't take Dr. Oz as a final authority on anything: Science-Based Medicine Dr. Oz and John Edward: Just when I thought Dr. Oz couldn’t go any lower, he proves me wrong
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If you are into "drinking games" you could take a shot every time he says "super food"...