Is scoliosis caused by not drinking enough milk or eating too much junk food?
• Scoliosis is not caused by your behavior; it is a genetic condition (in your genes). But drinking more milk and eating less junk food is a very good idea! • The most common form of scoliosis, idiopathic scoliosis, is an inherited type of scoliosis. The specific genetic cause of the disorder has not been fully elucidated and in some individuals it may be a result of a spontaneous genetic mutation. There are other forms of scoliosis, such as neuromuscular scoliosis that is a result of muscular imbalance such as occurs with cerebral palsy. Nutritional deficiency may cause osteopenia or osteoporosis, loss of bone mineral density, but does not have any direct link to scoliosis.
In extremely rare cases, scoliosis can be caused by dietary issues. Scoliosis may be an infrequent finding in diseases where calcium is lacking which causes softening of the bone. What one eats and how much one eats does not produce curvature of the spine. To my knowledge, junk food by itself has never caused curvature of the spine.
