If you’ve ever snapped a dry brown stick, you understand osteoporosis. But there’s a twist: studies comparing Japanese and North American women found that Japanese women often had lower hip bone mass, yet (historically) had substantially lower hip fracture rates. Researchers found that their bone quality—how well bone’s internal scaffold absorbs force rather than cracking […]
What’s one thing you can do to improve your health in the new year? When it comes to your health as a whole, there are a variety of small shifts that can add up to a big difference in your health and wellness. It’s not always about the big, lofty new year’s resolutions! In today’s
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Bone health isn’t just about getting enough calcium and avoiding osteoporosis (although those are good goals). Our bones act as a framework for all of our muscles and tissues and keeping them strong is beneficial for movement, protection, and mineral storage. Bones are living organisms, and they require specific needs to keep them healthy. In
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What is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis isn’t a disease that causes weak bones, osteoporosis is the name given to a diagnosis of weak bones. In other words, the weak bones happened first, and then the diagnosis of osteoporosis followed. They make it sound like osteoporosis strikes first, and then you get weak bones. The cause and effect
The quality of our bones has been a subject of concern for several decades now. Our focus seems to always be on bone density. What seems to be ignored is bone quality. I like to compare it to a stick: a green stick is flexible and gives when it is bent and bounces back more
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