Fight Off Osteoporosis by Strengthening Your Bones

There is an essential combination of vitamins, minerals and exercise you need to keep growing healthy bones

Staying active and fit may be the best way to protect our bones as we age. NDAB Creativity

A strong musculoskeletal system holds you together—literally. It’s important from your formative years to later life. With proper nutrition and consistent exercise, you can stay vital well into your golden years. That’s important, because an ever-larger percent of the American people is over 65 years old.

Just as engineers reinforce a building’s framework to withstand strong winds, the skeletal system can be reinforced with a dose of weight-bearing exercise and specific minerals and vitamins.

Osteoporosis

According to a systematic review from 2016, osteoporosis is often referred to as the “silent disease,” because diagnosis usually takes place after a person has a fracture. But that finding has also become controversial in recent years, as has the disease itself and its treatment.