Simply lowering the room temperature may help you sleep better and ease uncomfortable hot flashes. To strengthen your bones, good health habits can help, even if you don't start until later in life. Low-fat milk and dairy foods such as cheese and yogurt are good sources for calcium. If you find it hard to get that amount from your diet, you can take calcium supplements. Your body also needs vitamin D to absorb calcium.
Most people get enough vitamin D just by being out in the sun for at least a short time every day.
Supplements or milk for-titled with vitamin D are also good sources for this vitamin. Weight-bearing exercises, which make your muscles work against gravity, help strengthen bones and prevent osteoporosis. Walking, jogging, and playing tennis are all good weight-bearing exercises. You may also want to ask your doctor about a new drug to treat osteoporosis in women past menopause. The new treatment is safe and effective in increasing bone mass.