HEALTHY BONES – REDUCE THE RISKS OF DEVELOPING OSTEOPOROSIS
Osteoporosis makes bones thin and liable to break. Osteoporosis is a silent condition – you won’t know it is happening. It is therefore very important to be aware of what you can do to reduce the risk of osteoporosis – or to halt its progress.
Osteoporosis affects both women and men: one in three women and one in twelve men have it.
Both sexes lose around one per cent of their bone mass each year after the age of 21. In women, the rate of loss increases significantly with the onset of the menopause. Source: Action Medical Research: www.action.org.uk
During your health consultation, our nurses will discuss osteoporosis with you in the light of your age, medical and family history, and lifestyle. They may recommend further investigations by your doctor (for example, bone density scans). More about the main risk factors.
Once osteoporosis has developed, certain medications can improve your condition slightly, but in general there are few options for replacing the bone you have lost.
However, you can keep osteoporosis at bay with these simple diet and lifestyle adjustments:
Bone-friendly eating habits
Other important ways of reducing the risk of osteoporosis
