If dairy products are essential to the growth of children, they would also be essential to counter the consequences of osteoporosis. In this disease which affects women more, the bones lose their density, they are no longer as strong and the risk of fracture explodes.
In their study, French researchers have determined the interest of dairy products combining calcium and vitamin D to combat these risks. For this they developed a simulation model including three age groups: 60 to 69 years, 70 to 79 years and 80 to 89 years. They also separated men and women in the model’s calculations and looked at the number of fractures that could be avoided and the years of life gained.
65,000 fractures avoided
Consuming three dairy products enriched with vitamin D as recommended could prevent nearly 65,000 fractures, including 10,500 of the hip (very common in cases of osteoporosis). The French average is unhappy around a single dairy product per day. However, for patients, following the recommendations would save them more than 29,000 years of life and a better quality of life. Better still, these measures would be economically effective (it would be more interesting to prevent these fractures than to assume the costs of care a posteriori), particularly in the over 70s.
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