This occurs because your body needs calcium to sustain many functions - heart beat, muscle contraction and blood clotting. If you do not consume enough calcium, your body will take calcium from its most ready source - your bones. Over time, this calcium loss causes the bones to lose their strength and resiliency, until they become so weak and brittle that even the slightest stress can cause them to fracture. This process starts in women between the ages of 30 and 35 and progresses throughout life. Once a woman reaches menopause, her bone mass decreases about two percent a year.
Bone is a savings account.
One way to understand how osteoporosis develops is to think of bone as a savings account. For that reason, it's important for younger women to build as much bone mass as possible. Are thin and small-framed. Are of Asian or Caucasian descent. Consume excessive alcohol or carbonated beverages.