48: Osteoporosis: a Young Person’s Disease?
Osteoporosis?
That’s an old person’s disease, right?
Hmm.
Whilst we typically experience the devastating and perhaps even fatal consequences of osteoporosis in our final decades, the seeds are planted much younger – probably before we’ve even left our twenties.
Join our talkative twosome to find out how to create a healthy skeleton that will last us until the end of our days.
Episode REsources:
To read more about bone and just how incredibly young we are when we hit our peak bone density, check out this article.
Want to make sure you’re understanding the difference between osteopenia and osteoporosis, then this is the link is for you.
To dig a little deeper into osteoporosis, try this article.
Want to see the evidence for those horrifying statistics concerning broken legs and yes, dying – here are two of the resources I used.
Studying for your next pub quiz? Then this resource has lots of interesting facts about our 206 bones.
Dry and boring our living skeleton is not! Check out these resources on the boney blood flow, calcium and collagen in our amazing skeletons.
We know it’s controversial but reas here to see why drinking milk might not be the only way or indeed, the best way, to meet your body’s calcium needs and then check out these resources for some great suggestions on how to eat a bone-supporting diet.
