Osteoperosis
What is it? .....
What is it?
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a Bone disease which makes your bones weaker, more vulnrable and easier to fracture and break. the word osteoporosis mean 'porous bones'. Also have a bad posture can lead to having osteoporosis
How to prevent osteoporosis.
Your Diet
- Drink your milk. Low-fat and skim milk, nonfat yogurt, and reduced-fat cheeses.
- Go fish. Canned sardines and salmon, eaten with their bones, are also rich in calcium. Mackerel and other oily fish are rich in vitamin D.
- Eat greens. Fill up on broccoli, bok choy, kale, Swiss chard, and turnip greens. Bananas also supply a potassium.
- Stop Smoking
- Avoid excessive alcohol
Fish
Canned sardines and salmon, eaten with their bones, are also rich in calcium. Mackerel and other oily fish are rich in vitamin D.
Milk
Low-fat and skim milk are healthy sources of the calcium you need to build strong bones.
Leafy greens
Leafy green vegetables have lots of calcium, plus the potassium and vitamin K you need to block calcium loss from bones.
Symptoms
- Back pains
- Loss of height and stooped posture.
- A curved upper back
- Broken bones (fractures) that might occur with a minor injury, especially in the hip, spine , and wrist
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Statistics
- Osteoporosis is estimated to affect 200 million women worldwide - approximately one-tenth of women aged 60, one-fifth of women aged 70, two-fifths of women aged 80 and two-thirds of women aged 90
- 1 in 3 women over 50 will experience osteoporosis related fractures, as will 1 in 5 men
- 2.2 million Australians are affected by osteoporosis . About 11% of men and 27% of women aged 60 years or more are osteoporotic, and 42% of men and 51% of women are osteopenic