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Our bones are always regenerating. This process helps to maintain a constant level of calcium in the blood, essential for a healthy heart, blood circulation, and blood clotting. About 99 percent of all the body's calcium is in the bones and teeth; when blood calcium drops below a certain level, the body will take calcium from the bones to replenish it. But by the time we reach our late thirties, our bones lose calcium faster than it can be replaced. The pace of bone calcium loss speeds up for "freshly postmenopausal" women who are three to seven years beyond menopause. The pace then slows once again, but as we age, the body is less able to absorb calcium from food. One of the most influential factors affecting bone loss is estrogen; it slows or even halts the loss of bone mass by improving our absorption of calcium from the intestinal tract, which allows us to maintain a higher level of calcium in our blood. And, the higher the calcium levels in the blood, the less chance you have of losing calcium from your bones to replenish your calcium blood levels. In men, testosterone does the same thing for them regarding calcium absorption, but unlike women, men never reach a particular age when their testes stop producing testosterone. If they did, they would be just as prone to osteoporosis as women are.

But estrogen alone cannot prevent osteoporosis. A long list of other factors affects bone loss. One of the most obvious is calcium in our diet. Calcium is regularly lost to urine, feces, and dead skin. We need to continuously account for this loss in our diet. The less calcium we ingest, the more we force our body into taking it out of our bones. Exercise also greatly affects bone density; the more we exercise, the stronger we make our bones. The bone mass we have in our late twenties and early thirties will affect our bone mass at menopause.

Preventing Osteoporosis

As boring and repetitive as it may sound, the best way to prevent osteoporosis is to ingest more calcium and thus increase your bone mass. This boils down to eating right and exercising. It's not enough to just take calcium supplements or eat high-calcium foods; you need to cut down on diuretic foods such as caffeine and alcohol. How much is "enough"? According to the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel on Osteoporosis, premenopausal women require roughly 1,000 mg of calcium a day; for perimenopausal or postmenopausal women already on HRT or ERT, 1,000 mg a day; and for peri- and postmenopausal women not taking estrogen, roughly 1,500 mg a day. For women who have already been diagnosed with osteoporosis, the panel recommends 2,500 mg of calcium a day. Foods rich in calcium include all dairy products (an 8-ounce glass of milk contains 300 mg), fish, shellfish, oysters, shrimp, sardines, salmon, soybeans, tofu, broccoli, dark, green vegetables (except spinach, which contains oxalic acid, preventing calcium absorption). It's crucial to determine how much calcium you're getting in your diet before you start any calcium supplements; too much calcium can cause kidney stones in people who are at risk for them.

Not all supplements have been tested for absorbency. Dr. Robert Heaney, in his book Calcium and Common Sense, suggests that you test absorbency yourself. Drop your supplement into a glass of warm water and stir. If the supplement doesn't dissolve completely, chances are that it won't be absorbed by your body efficiently. A calcium supplement is just that -- a supplement -- and should not replace a high-calcium diet. If your recommended calcium intake is about 1,000 to 1,500 mg a day, you should get only 400 to 600 mg from calcium supplements. Your diet should make up the remainder.

As for exercise, good activities are walking, running, biking, aerobic dance, or cross-country skiing. These are considered good ways to put more stress on the bones, increasing their mass. Carrying weights is also a good way to increase bone mass.

Orthotebb Health Shoes are a convenient exercise that along with building muscle and burning fat, stresses and then strengthens bones in the feet, legs, pelvis and spine. Along with proper diet and nutrition, they help avoid bone loss and the effects of Osteoporosis.

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