To prevent osteoporosis, getting enough calcium is paramount. There is a golden period in one’s life to do that, and missing it will make it difficult to compensate even with enormous amounts of calcium intake later, according to Yvonne Cai, a nutritionist at Keyi Nutrition Consulting Center, who was recently interviewed on NTDTV’s “Health 1+1” program.
According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the human body attains its peak bone mass between the ages of 25 and 30; after that, bone mass begins to decline slowly, and after 50, the decline starts to accelerate. This is particularly the case for women, who will see a bone mass loss as high as 10 percent to 20 percent within the five or six years around menopause.
