{"id":5660,"date":"2016-08-04T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/?p=5660"},"modified":"2016-08-01T08:25:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T12:25:36","slug":"nutritional-needs-for-osteoporosis-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/think-before-you-eat\/nutritional-needs-for-osteoporosis-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutritional Needs for Osteoporosis Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How can I prevent weak bones?<\/h2>\n<h2>The best way to prevent weak bones is to work on building strong ones. No matter how old you are, it is never too late to start. Building strong bones during childhood and the teen years is one of the best ways to keep from getting osteoporosis later. As you get older, your bones don\u2019t make new bone fast enough to keep up with the bone loss. For females, after menopause, bone loss happens more quickly. But there are steps you can take to slow the natural bone loss with aging and to prevent your bones from becoming weak and brittle.<\/h2>\n<h2>Bones contain a lot of calcium. It is important to get enough calcium in your diet. You can get calcium through foods and\/or calcium pills, which you can get at the grocery store or drug store. Getting calcium through food is definitely better since the food provides other nutrients that keep you healthy. Talk with your doctor or nurse before taking calcium pills to see which kind is best for you. Taking more calcium pills than recommended doesn\u2019t improve your bone health. So, try to reach these goals through a combination of food and supplements. Here\u2019s how much calcium you need each day.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5674\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/07\/Daily-Calcium-Try-2.png\" alt=\"Daily Calcium Try 2\" width=\"416\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/07\/Daily-Calcium-Try-2.png 416w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/07\/Daily-Calcium-Try-2-350x141.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5663\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/07\/Foods-Containing-Calcium.png\" alt=\"Foods Containing Calcium\" width=\"403\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/07\/Foods-Containing-Calcium.png 403w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/07\/Foods-Containing-Calcium-350x308.png 350w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/07\/Foods-Containing-Calcium-341x300.png 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #211d1e;font-size: medium\">The calcium amounts of these foods are taken from the United States <\/span><span style=\"color: #211d1e;font-family: Bergamo,Bergamo;font-size: medium\">Department of Agriculture\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #211d1e;font-family: Bergamo,Bergamo;font-size: medium\">Dietary Guidelines for Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5665 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2016\/07\/yogurt.png\" alt=\"yogurt\" width=\"240\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For More Information on osteoporosis prevention please reference:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/womenshealth.gov\/publications\/our-publications\/fact-sheet\/osteoporosis.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">http:\/\/womenshealth.gov\/publications\/our-publications\/fact-sheet\/osteoporosis.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I prevent weak bones? 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