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Osteoporosis Prevention
Foods for Healthy Bones

Osteoporosis Prevention

Although your chance of developing osteoporosis is affected by some factors you cannot control, such as heredity, gender and age, your diet and lifestyle also have an effect on your bone health.

Eat fresh, whole foods

Keep in mind that the best way to stay healthy and help prevent osteoporosis, is to eat a variety of fresh whole foods from all of the food groups on a daily basis. However, there are some specific types of foods that you can include in your diet to help keep your bones healthy.

Here is a list of foods that you can include in your diet to help keep your bones healthy.

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Eat this, not that

This is a list of foods that you can eat to help strengthen your bones, but conversely, there are some foods you can limit to keep your bones healthy. These include foods containing caffeine, sodium and excessive amounts of protein, all of which are associated with the loss of calcium from your bones.

Make your bones work for you

In addition to these dietary changes you can make to help in osteoporosis prevention, weight-bearing exercise has also been shown to help strengthen bones. This may include lifting weights, walking, tennis, stair climbing or any exercise that forces your bones to bear weight—either your body weight or outside weights.

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