In older people with osteoporosis , higher protein intake ( ≥ 0.8-g/kg body weight/day , i.e. , above the current RDA ) is associated with higher BMD , a slower rate of bone loss , and reduced risk of hip fracture , provided that dietary calcium intakes are adequate .
Intervention with dietary protein supplements attenuate age-related BMD decrease and reduce bone turnover marker levels , together with an increase in IGF-I and a decrease in PTH .
There is no evidence that diet-derived acid load is deleterious for bone health .
Thus , insufficient dietary protein intakes may be a more severe problem than protein excess in the elderly .
A summary of systematic review s and meta-analyses addressing the benefits and risks of dietary protein intakes  for  bone health in adults suggests that dietary protein levels even above the current RDA may be beneficial in reducing bone loss and hip fracture risk , provided calcium intakes are adequate .
Several systematic review s and meta-analyses have addressed the benefits and risks of dietary protein intakes for bone health in adults .
Adequate supplies of dietary protein are required for optimal bone growth and maintenance of healthy bone .
Variation in protein intakes within the “ normal ” range accounts for 2–4 % of BMD variance in adults .
Vegetable and Fruit Intake and Fracture-Related Hospitalisations: A Prospective Study of Older Women
The importance of vegetable and fruit intakes for the prevention of  fracture in older women is not well understood . Few studies have explored vegetable and fruit intakes separately , or the associations of specific types of vegetables and fruits with fracture hospitalisations . The objective of this study was to examine the associations of vegetable and fruit intakes , separately , and specific types of vegetables and fruits with fracture-related hospitalisations in a prospect i ve cohort of women aged ≥70 years .  Vegetable and fruit intakes were assessed at baseline ( 1998 ) in 1468 women using a food frequency question naire .  The incidence of fracture-related hospitalisations over 14.5 years of follow-up was determined using the Hospital Morbidity Data Collection , linked via the Western Australian Data Linkage System . Fractures were identified in 415 ( 28.3 % ) women , of which 158 ( 10.8 % ) were hip fractures . Higher intakes of vegetables , but not fruits , were associated with lower fracture incidence . In multivariable-adjusted models for vegetable types , cruciferous and allium vegetables were inversely associated with all fractures , with a hazard ratio ( HR ) ( 95 % confidence interval ) of 0.72 ( 0.54 , 0.95 ) and 0.66 ( 0.49 , 0.88 ) , respectively , for the highest vs. lowest quartiles . Increasing vegetable intake , with an emphasis on cruciferous and allium vegetables , may prevent fractures in older postmenopausal women
In older people with osteoporosis , higher protein intake ( ≥ 0.8-g/kg body weight/day , i.e. , above the current RDA ) is associated with higher BMD , a slower rate of bone loss , and reduced risk of hip fracture , provided that dietary calcium intakes are adequate .
Intervention with dietary protein supplements attenuate age-related BMD decrease and reduce bone turnover marker levels , together with an increase in IGF-I and a decrease in PTH .
There is no evidence that diet-derived acid load is deleterious for bone health .
Thus , insufficient dietary protein intakes may be a more severe problem than protein excess in the elderly .
A summary of systematic review s and meta-analyses addressing the benefits and risks of dietary protein intakes  for  bone health in adults suggests that dietary protein levels even above the current RDA may be beneficial in reducing bone loss and hip fracture risk , provided calcium intakes are adequate .
Several systematic review s and meta-analyses have addressed the benefits and risks of dietary protein intakes for bone health in adults .
Adequate supplies of dietary protein are required for optimal bone growth and maintenance of healthy bone .
Variation in protein intakes within the “ normal ” range accounts for 2–4 % of BMD variance in adults .