Preventing osteoporosis

DON’T diet

Consistently maintaining a healthy body weight encourages good bone strength

A lifetime of dieting is likely to lead to an inadequate intake of vital bone nutrients such as calcium, and a low calcium intake increases the risk of developing osteoporosis. On top of this, maintaining a body weight in the lower range reduces the mechanical load you place on your bones. This is cause for concern because healthy bones need to respond to mechanical load (or mechanical ‘stress’), such as your own body weight when you jump or do push-ups, or when you lift weights. Mechanical load