| What is osteoporosis? | | | | an episode such as a break or fracture brings forth a |
| Osteoporosis, is a disease in which there is a loss of | | | | diagnosis. The causes Osteoporosis are multifaceted |
| bone mass and destruction of bone tissue. This term | | | | and are different in each individual's case. Things such |
| is widely linked to the common misconception that a | | | | as diet, heredity, weight, exercise and nutrition all play |
| persons bones are brittle and or crumbling, and is a | | | | into the equation. Since the causes of Osteoporosis |
| condition that effects older people older women in | | | | are multifaceted so should be the treatment and |
| particular. | | | | prevention. |
| The truth is even though this condition does not | | | | Time To Get Real! |
| cause the bones of the body to crumble; it does | | | | Fact: Bone mass decreases in everyone. If you want |
| weaken them and thus increase to likelihood of bone | | | | to slow this process to a craw its time to look at |
| damage or breakage and in fact can occur anytime in | | | | your lifestyle. Here are a few things to consider for |
| your life especially from age 30 and beyond. | | | | ageing with stronger healthier bones and body! Eat |
| This is because the bone mass in our bodies reaches | | | | smart. Research shows that our diet and lifestyle |
| its peak mass during young adulthood. This bones | | | | plays a major role in the cause or the prevention of |
| density stays stable for a period of years and then | | | | Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis has been on the increase |
| begins a slow but steady loss. The bones most often | | | | in Western countries as a direct result of what we |
| affected are the hips, spine, and wrists. What Causes | | | | eat and our sedimentary lifestyles. What your bones |
| Osteoporosis and What Can Be Done To Prevent It? | | | | need. Magnesium two thirds of the magnesium in our |
| Osteoporosis is just one of several conditions | | | | bodies is stored in our bones. It is essential to the |
| effecting bone structure. In the latest statistics 0ne | | | | bone structure. |
| in two women will develop Osteoporosis and about | | | | Vitamin D, Calcium and Estrogen. |
| one in eight men. Osteoporosis is responsible for | | | | Lifting weights will help build bone density. You don't |
| roughly 1.5 million fractures a year. There isn't any | | | | need to become a power lifter but lifting some light |
| one event or thing that causes Osteoporosis. Rather | | | | weights several times a week can really help. A |
| it is a gradual process that often gives no overt | | | | change in lifestyle to help prevent osteoporosis will |
| warnings. Most people never think much about it until | | | | benefit every aspect of your life as well. |