wellwoman
Calcium and Osteoporosis
Filed in archive Osteoporosis by Florence Cardinal on March 28, 2007
Calcium and Osteoporosis
According to the Osteoporosis Connection at Health Central:

In the life of a human bone, it's all downhill after 30.

That's the typical cut-off point for bone-building, so experts say it's crucial that younger people take in enough calcium and another nutrient, vitamin D, to maximize the skeleton's potential.


Ouch! So what can people over 30 do to help prevent or perhaps even reverse bone loss? Increase calcium. Foods rich in calcium include dairy products like milk and yogurt.

The Osteoporosis Blog goes on to tells us that calcium is beneficial to more than just the bones:

"It's also important to help prevent colon cancer and for good muscle contraction, including heart muscle," said Katharine Tallmadge, a Washington, D.C., dietitian and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. "It might even be important for lowering blood pressure and helping to burn off fat."


If the fat in dairy products is a drawback for you, use skimmed milk and reduced fat products. You'll get the calcium without the fat.

Permalink: Calcium and Osteoporosis
Tags: osteoporosis  dairy  calcium  milk  soy  yogurt  bones  health  calcium+osteoporosis 
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/60147
img Addthis img Ask img Blinklist img del.icio.us img Digg img Fark img Facebook img Google img Lycos img Ma.gnolia Add this page to Mister Wong Mr Wong img Netscape img Netvousz img Newsvine img Reddit img StumbleUpon img Slashdot img Tailrank img Technorati img Wink img Yahoo

Vote for Calcium and Osteoporosis:

  • Currently 7.67/10
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
Rating: 7.67 out of 3 vote(s) cast.
 
Subscribe
Share It
Popular posts from our other blogs:
RSSrss
See all blog subscribe options
Google google
What is RSS?
Yahoo! yahoo
Addthis Subscribe using any feed reader!
Bloglines Bloglines
Newsletter

TwitterFollow us on Twitter!