10 • Innovative healthcare & alternative remedies To the bone
Helen Warwick shares top tips on keeping bones healthy as well as advice on how to manage osteoporosis
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trong bones are often taken for granted, and osteoporosis can seem a whole world
away when you’re in your teens. But adolescence is a critical time for bone development, when the size and strength of your skeleton thrives more than any other period — this explains why osteoporosis is often described as a ‘paediatric disease with geriatric consequences’ in the health industry and research sector. As you age, your bone tissue
naturally degrades, and it is thought there are around three million people in the UK suff ering from the bone-thinning disease. But there are ways to maintain your bone health beyond your teenage years — even after a diagnosis. As the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) says: “It’s never too late to start taking action for your bones.”
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Nutrition It goes without saying that a healthy diet goes a long way to fortifying and protecting your bones, even if signs of osteoporosis have crept in. T e NHS recommends adults should consume around 700mg of calcium a day, and that’s not just from quaffi ng milk and cheese. High levels of calcium can also be found in green leafy veg, soya beans, tofu, nuts and the sort of fi sh where you devour the bones and fl esh, such as pilchards and sardines. Vitamin D is also crucial for
optimal calcium absorption, most of which we can soak up from the sun during summer. It can also be ingested via oily fi sh, eggs and fortifi ed cereals. Supplements for both vitamin D and calcium may be prescribed by your GP if osteoporosis has been diagnosed.
Exercise Physical activity is also key for bone health and the ROS advises exercising two or three days a week, targeting legs, arms and your spine. Stay active and the more you move, the stronger your bones will become. Whether you favour a leisurely jog, rounds of tennis or keep in shape with resistance training, muscle strengthening exercises and short bursts of activity can maintain your bone health, no matter how old you are.
MANAGING OSTEOPOROSIS New hope for sufferers of the bone-thinning disease comes in the form of
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Marodyne LiV — the world’s fi rst clinically-approved, non-invasive, drug-free option for preventing and combatting osteoporosis. Recognised by the ROS, the safe and effective device looks like a set of bathroom scales which, when you step onto it (for the recommended 10 minutes a day), delivers high frequency vibrations that signals bone-building cells to reform bone and muscle tissue.” Michael Smith, managing director, LiV MD UK/IE.
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