Maybe 5, 10 years ago, there was a segment on women’s bone density
and fractures on one of the major network news shows.
One of the “example” ladies that got a bone density scan was a
“very fit”, “daily exercising” lady that appeared to live on a diet
of air, a few vegetables, and Diet Coke.
The doctor, in a sad and shocked tone told the young lady (in her
early 30s?) that the bone-density scan showed she “had the bones of
the average 80-year-old female”.
IIRC, the scans were shown and they simply had a bunch of “pinholes”
in them...looked like the osteo-version of Swiss cheese.
When I looked it up on line, it was suggested that 40 million women have that condition. If you do the math, that’s about the same number of women who have grey hair...
Of course the first thing the Dr. wanted to do was to prescribe medication. It seems to me that before you take medicine (which has side effects, the Dr. should make sure the patient is getting the right amount of nutrients (calcium etc.), but of course they don’t make any money that way.
Their all a bunch of crooks in my book.
Women with strong bones have fewer fractures. Now, for my next grant proposal, this finding needs to confirmed for men.
It's little wonder that weight-bearing exercise is good for bone health. Don't get fat, just don't get skinny and gravity/inertia will help as your bones are strengthened to support it. A typically fit skinny person might be doing exercise anyway, but a starved-for-weight loss skinny person will not benefit from that exercise, nor from extra weight.
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Mom will be thrilled to hear this. I think I won’t tell her.
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