Back pain: Check your vitamin D and magnesium levels if you have chronic back pain
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- Leave the diet hungry if you have chronic back pain
- They lead to muscle loss which puts more stress on your spine
- This can make back pain worse
It’s been a year since the lock was put in last year and for many of us, things haven’t changed that much. Some of us who started working from home last year are still working from home, and this has completely changed our lives in many ways. For starters, many people are now struggling to gain weight. With less physical activity and little work-life balance, many still struggle with such as midnight munching and the worst of them all – low back pain.
If you have not yet installed a proper work desk at home, you are likely to wake up with a sharp pain in your back every morning. And if this pain has become harmful to you, and affects you almost every day, then this is something you need to know.
Nutrition slows down to beat persistent back pain
Famous nutritionist Pooja Makhija recently took to Instagram to address the anxiety of chronic back pain, as we let go of the fact that back pain affects our day-to-day activity and certainly deserves more attention.
According to Makhija, stopping following any hungry diet – for example eating with time or a diet that requires you to eat fewer calories – can help reduce back pain effectively.
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1. When you are hungry it causes you to lose calories or energy needed to function efficiently. “Hunger causes muscle loss, which in itself puts far more stress on the spine,” says Makhija. So more pressure on the spine can make back pain even worse.
2. Check your vitamin D levels. Yes, the time you have had a blood test is done for it because vitamin D deficiency is very common and is often one of the main causes of back pain. “25 levels of Hydroxy vitamin D should be between 50 – 60 ng / ml” tells Makhija.
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3. Include about 2 tsp of black sesame seeds in your daily diet. White sesame seeds are digested so they can reduce calcium intake, but black sesame seeds are inverted and can absorb calcium in the body and can improve bone health.
4. Magnesium supplementation causes smooth muscle relaxation, thus helping to relieve low back pain. “Please ask your doctor or nutritionist the brand names of the supplement,” Makhija recommends.
5. Take Boswellia extract (gond) -about 450 mg. It can be helpful for any aches and pains related to bone and is very powerful, she said.
Be physically active during the day and if you are at a desk job, either sit on the floor to work or invest in a work desk so that your spine is straight and back pain less.
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(Pooja Makhija is a nutritionist, dietitian and author)
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