Talk with your doctor about whether you should take a calcium supplement. Vitamin D Vitamin D is essential because it promotes the absorption of calcium. Sunlight stimulates our body to produce Vitamin D after just 10 minutes. It is also found in many of the foods we eat, like salmon and egg yolks. Your Body Exercise is vital to overall good health, but a routine that works the larger bone structures will help reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
Exercise requires muscles to pull on bones causing the bones to retain and even gain density.
So go ahead and walk, jog or work with some light weights to improve your bone health. Avoid Alcohol and Tobacco Products. Alcohol's empty calories increase the risk of osteoporosis. The use of tobacco products increase the likelihood of early menopause, because it depletes estrogen from our body. All this can contribute to rapid bone loss.