Seattle Health Blog

The bone is strengthened or weakened, depending on whether it does or does not exercise and the type of exercise performed. Other influences are food, nutritional supplements such as soy isoflavones, sunlight exposure, heredity and age. The areas mainly involved with bone demineralization are the lumbar vertebrae and the upper end of the femur. This is mainly due to the predominance of trabecular bone or spongy bone on the compact. Since trabecular bone is influenced by mechanical forces it is subjected, a sure way to accelerate bone loss is inactive bedridden. The way to increase bone density is exercise.
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