J Menopausal Med.  2021 Aug;27(2):94-101. 10.6118/jmm.20036.

Effect of Alkaline Drinking Water on Bone Density of Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Orthopedic, School of Medicine, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
  • 2Clinical Research Development Unit, Ayatollah Kashani Hospital, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
  • 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  • 4Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract


Objectives
Postmenopausal women are predisposed to osteoporosis, and those on acidic diets are at a higher risk, because it has been demonstrated that such diets have adverse effects on bone health. In this study, the effect of alkaline drinking water on bone mineral density was evaluated in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
Methods
One hundred postmenopausal women with osteoporosis (T-score ≤ −2.5) were equally divided into an intervention group and a control group (n = 50 each). The intervention group received calcium D (daily), alkaline drinking water (1.5 L daily with pH 8.6 ± 0.3), and Osteofos tablet (70 mg weekly), whereas the control group received only calcium D and Osteofos tablet for 3 months. T-scores of the femur and spine bones were obtained using bone densitometry before and 3 months after the intervention.
Results
After the intervention, the mean T-scores of the femur and spine bones significantly increased in both the control and intervention groups (P < 0.05). However, the mean changes in the spine T-score were significantly higher in the intervention group (0.39 ± 0.07) than in the control group (0.08 ± 0.01) (P < 0.05). No significant differences were observed in the mean changes in the femur T-score between the two groups.
Conclusions
Our findings demonstrate that drinking alkaline water improves spine T-scores in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Hence, alkaline water can be used to treat osteoporosis due to increased bone density in postmenopausal women. Longterm interventions are necessary to confirm the effects of alkaline water on femur density.

Keyword

Alkaline water; Bone mineral density; Postmenopausal osteoporosis
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