Osteoporosis and Your Bone Health

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Unlike years past, osteoporosis is starting to get more main stream attention. Which is wonderful since it can be an incredibly painful and debilitating disease of aging. Osteo can be slowed down if you recognize it early enough and take action, which can reduce the risks of suffering from early onset.

What exactly is osteoporosis? This is a disease of the bones where the cells that generate new bone slow down enough that the bone is unable to reproduce as fast as the bone is being lost. This creates weak / spongy looking bones, which are prone to breaking. Osteoporosis is a very silent disease, as most people won’t know they are suffering bone loss until they break a bone for little reason. Some breaks can be incredibly serious, such as vertebrae in your back. Ultimately osteoporosis is incredibly painful, and can hasten death in some individuals.

How can you deal with osteoporosis? Well, nutrition is believed to be a huge factor in developing osteoporosis. Not getting enough vitamin D and calcium are believed to be contributing factors to osteoporosis. Make sure that you eat a lot of foods that are high in calcium, and if you are not sure what to cook that has high calcium consider the cookbook called Calcium Rich Recipies. This book provides a great starting point to making sure you have enough calcium in your diet. You can also consider getting dietary supplements to increase the amount of calcium in your diet. Ensure has a very convenient drink if you don’t like taking pills.

Also there is indication that being active can also help through your life and increases bone density while you are young. You don’t have to play hockey or football, just moderate weight lifting can really help a lot. It goes back to the idiom if you don't use it you lose it. You need to stress the bones while you are younger so you can build up the density.