3 months ago
I have cervical spondylitis please suggest to get away from it...
3 months ago
Dear Manu, Thank you for the question
Spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that mainly affects spine joints, causing severe, chronic pain. In cervical spondylosis, degenerative changes start in the intervertebral discs with osteophyte formation and involvement of adjacent soft tissue structures. Even severe degenerative changes are often asymptomatic, but can lead to neck pain, stiffness, or neurological impairments.
Therefore, it is important to take care of calcium and vitamin D requirements for bone health, maintain bone mineral density and prevent the risks of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, etc.
Some of the calcium sources include milk, cheese, paneer, Ragi, curd, yogurt.
Recommended daily allowance for Calcium is 1000mg per day for women.
Sunlight is the one of best sources of vitamin D, exposing yourself to the sun or sunbathing for 10-15 minutes can help maintain bone health and vitamin D increases the absorption of calcium in the bones. Other sources of Vitamin D include eggs, fatty fish, fortified cereals etc.
Recommended daily allowance for Vitamin D is 15mcg per day for women.
For further assistance and management please contact a specialized health care professional such as an orthopaedic.
For general wellbeing, you can begin by consuming a balanced diet is which provides all the nutrients in required amounts and proper proportions. It can easily be achieved through a blend of the four basic food groups. The quantities of foods needed to meet the nutrient requirements vary with age, gender, physiological status and physical activity. A balanced diet should provide around 50-60% of total calories from carbohydrates, preferably from complex carbohydrates, about 10-15% from proteins and 20-30% from both visible and invisible fat.
As a general dietary guideline, for an apparently healthy individual/ with no specific health or nutrition needs and/or metabolic condition it is recommended to consume 2000kcal/d and for Women, the RDA for protein requirement is 46g/d and for fiber it is 25g/d.
Here are few guidelines for healthy balanced diet that can be considered:
For a customised and personalised meal plan for specific conditions, please contact your Health care professional.
Hope we have answered your query.
Wishing you a great day ahead