The baby boomers, those people born immediately after the war have finally grown up and have joined the rapidly swelling ranks of the UK’s over 50’s. Generally speaking, mature adults in the UK today are healthier, have experience, knowledge, and more disposable income than previous generations and I find that being both over 50, and female at this particular moment in history is exciting and challenging. Speaking personally I feel comfortable with my maturity, and more importantly, I’ve finally come around to accepting who and what I am. At the age of 70 I love this time of my life and regard it as primetime and a bonus.
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Osteoporosis – My Personal Interest In The Disease
I have spent over 40 years working in the media, much of that time concentrating on health and fitness, and have a particular interest in issues and illnesses which affect women who are past their first flush of youth. I soon realised how importance it is for women to maintain strong bones, particularly at the time of menopause and in later life. Osteoporosis is a bone-thinning condition that will affect one in three women after the menopause. It is a very serious disease, which in the UK alone, results in 310,000 fractures a year causing severe pain and disability. Over the last two decades there has been significant scientific research into the cause and treatment of the disease. The published results have found that a healthy active lifestyle can help guard against osteoporosis and reduce the risk of falls and resulting fractures.
Osteoporosis – Bone Booster Exercises
My Bone Boosters programme consists of a set of easy movements designed specifically to strengthen and preserve bone thickness. They are exercises you can do in your everyday life, around your home or workplace or in the garden. You need no more than 20-30 minutes a day, for three days a week, though we do ask that you build up to this slowly to avoid possible injury or over-tiring.
Bone Strenthening Exercises & Tips For Those Who Suffer From Osteoporosis
You’re never too old to improve bone and muscle strength, even if you actually suffer from osteoporosis. Before-and-after research with very elderly people has demonstrated the benefit of bone-loading exercise and also shown how mobility and muscle power enhance even simple activities like getting up from a chair, lifting parcels or going up stairs. Of course these benefits also reduce the risk of falling and suffering a fracture. Should you have the bad luck to fall, you’re less likely to suffer serious consequences.
Osteoporosis: Vitamins and Minerals
We need Vitamin D in order to absorb calcium properly. But as we grow older, we become less able to utilise the vitamin, and a deficiency may lead to muscular weakness and contribute to instability, falls and subsequent fractures. Some drugs interfere with Vitamin D absorption. If you regularly take any drug, ask your doctor about this.
Many dietary sources of Vitamin D are oily fish like herring, sardine, mackerel; also egg yolk, milk butter, cod liver oil.