Low Back Bone Spurs Linked to Diet, Smoking & Alcohol
Posted on January 24th, 2012 by Dr. Sinner
A new study titled, “The effect of beta-carotene on lumbar osteophyte formation”, links low blood levels of carotenoids with low back (lumbar) bone spurs (osteophytes). The Japanese study, published in the December 2011 of Spine, found that 48 of 286 elderly individuals had lumbar ostephytes. Lumbar osteophyte formation was most common in males with a history of [...]
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