You can prevent osteoporosis by looking after your bones throughout your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strong bones means strong muscles. So you are able to stay active and less likely to have a fracture from a fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are 5 ways adults can build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish and poultry, nuts, legumes, and low-fat dairy is linked to better bone health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These nutrients can help to build strong bones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022Calcium<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022Vitamin D<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022Vitamin A<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022Vitamin K<\/p>\n\n\n\n Weight bearing exercise (e.g. walking, running, jumping) and resistance exercise (lifting shopping bags, pulling exercise bands) can build strong bones and muscles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A healthy weight can help to keep your bones strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heavy drinking can make your bones weaker and slow fracture healing. In the UK the government recommends no more than 14 units a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some people are more at risk of osteoporosis than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This could be because of an existing medical condition or because there is a family history of osteoporosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can check your risk of osteoporosis using the osteoporosis risk checker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can prevent osteoporosis by looking after your bones throughout your life. Strong bones means strong muscles. So you are able to stay active and less likely to have a fracture from a fall. Here are 5 ways adults can build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis: Diet Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodflock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Diet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Exercise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Maintain a healthy weight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Moderate alcohol intake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Know your risk factors for osteoporosis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Keeping active and eating a healthy diet are ways of keeping your bones strong so you can live well for longer.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"