Osteoporosis and Your Bone Health

Osteoporosis and bone health are gaining much more attention now then they were even a few years ago. Which is wonderful since it can be an incredibly painful and debilitating disease of aging. Suffering early onset osteoporosis can be reduced greatly if you can recognize it early enough and take correct action.

What is osteoporosis? It is a disease in the bones where the cells whic generate your new bone cannot reproduce as fast as you lose bone. This causes weak spongy looking bones, which are very 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? Nutrition is believed to be a huge factor in developing osteo. Contributing factors can be, not getting enough vitamin D and calcium. 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 some indication that staying active through your entire life helps to increase bone density while you are young, giving you a boost in density before you start to loose bone growth. You don't have to participate in high activities, just some moderate weight lifting can go a long way. It goes back to the idiom if you don't use it you lose it. If you don’t put stress on them when you are younger, you will not build as dense of bone.