How To Take Care Of Bone Health in Women? Know healthy Bone Mass, ways to keep bones strong and more. Watch Video

As a human body ages, it goes through many changes. From childhood to old age the cells of the body are in a constant cycle of generation and degeneration. But after crossing 40’s the body needs some extra care to keep it healthy after 50. The bones start to weaken, the healing process of the body slows down and even a slight injury takes longer than before to heal. Especially in Women, after 30, they tend to lose the density of their bone and are prone to get affected with bone diseases like Osteoporosis. 

So taking special care of Women’s health, here in this video about bone health in women and how to take care of it by Dr Ankita Batra from Sharda Hospital. 

Why Women's Bone Health is Important?

With the growing age the bone structure of the body also changes. Body creates new bone cells and old bone cells are discarded. While the generation of new bones is faster in younge phase, it slows down after you cross 30. The peak of bone mass is usually around the age of late 20’s. So after age human beings tend to lose more bone mass in raton of generating new ones. 

With this the body tends to get exposed to bone conditions like osteoporosis where bones get weak and brittle. So to avoid osteoporosis as you age and keep on the stamina and health, taking care of bone health is important. 

Healthy bone mass for a woman

The average bone content for adults is 3-5%. It's better to measure the Bone Mass from time to time to keep a track as it starts declining with age. 

How to Keep Bones Strong? 

To Keep the bones strong in old age, you should exercise regularly, eati foods with high calcium, take multivitamins and avoid cigarettes and alcohol. Here are some more points which will help you keep your bones healthy and strong. 

• Avoid Alcohol, Cigarettes and any other addictive bad habits.

• Do weight-bearing exercises. 

• Include more nutrients in your diet.

• Do Bone Density Scan every few months. 

• Increase the intake of Vitamin D which also helps in locking calcium in the body.