One or two glasses of orange juice, grapefruit or other citrus based fruit juices per day can possibly prevent more Osteoporosis-related bone fractures than being expected.
A regular quantity of grapefruit or orange juice appears to help with the prevention of osteoporosis, besides it appears to even strengthen the bones, is a conclusion of an American investigation on rats with a low circulating quantity of testosterone.
Osteoporosis is a problem that occurs especially with older men, which is mainly caused through the decrease of the testosterone-level at aging.
In this investigation the rats were subdivided in three groups: rats without a change in diet, rats that were given orange juice and rats that received grapefruit. Each morning, the rats were given fresh fruit supplements and sodium bicarbonate, to decrease the acid-level.
The rats that were given juices showed stronger bones, according to the investigation report in the last edition of the American magazine 'Nutrition'.
The next step is an investigation to the cells of the rat-bones, this to find out how the juice actually strengthens the bones. A citrus fruit contains approximately 400 separate components; the investigation will look at the component that is responsibly for this.
A decrease of strength of the bones is caused by oxidants. However in this investigation it appeared that the grapefruit and orange juices raised the levels of anti-oxidants in the body of the rats.
