| There are things you can do to prevent fractures | | | | medications. Consider getting your eyes examined. |
| especially if you have osteoporosis. Exercises, | | | | Reducing your stress is one great factor in |
| drinking green tea, changing your lifestyle and bad | | | | osteoporosis. Why? It is because stress can |
| habits can all contribute to healthy and strong | | | | deplete your body of necessary nutrients for |
| bones. Normally, women with osteoporosis are | | | | your bones such as calcium. Under stress, your |
| prone to verterbal, hip, and wrist fractures and | | | | body undergoes a fight or flight mechanism. It is |
| this is because of the result of weak bones. With | | | | basically an involuntary response of your body |
| medications, proper exercise, and complete | | | | when it is in danger so you'll be ready either to |
| nutritional support, the risk of fractures is less. | | | | take action or run away. |
| To protect yourself from getting a fracture from | | | | High levels of hormone cortisol which is present |
| a fall, you need lots of weight-bearing exercises. | | | | during a stressful event or situation suppress your |
| Yoga and other resistance training fitness | | | | immune system. This causes calcium to be |
| program help build strong bones. Another benefit | | | | released from your bones into your bloodstream. |
| of these exercises does not stop with building | | | | This, in turn, suppresses your hormones and |
| stronger bones but it also improves your balance | | | | glands involved in the remodeling of your bones. |
| and increases muscle mass as well as muscle | | | | As we age, your calcium loss often exceeds your |
| strength. | | | | calcium gain to your bones and that is why |
| Strength is what you need to be able to get up | | | | dietary calcium may slow the process of bone |
| from the floor or climb stairs. Balance is what you | | | | loss. Green tea contains chromium, calcium, |
| need to be able to prevent falls. Tai chi is a slow, | | | | magnesium, iron, copper, zinc, molybdenum, |
| graceful movement that works with coordination | | | | sodium, phosphorous, strontium, cobalt, nickel, and |
| and balance. Another important thing is to check is | | | | potassium. |
| your medications. More often than not, certain | | | | The low rates of breast cancer and osteoporosis |
| medications causes some problems with | | | | in Japanese women suggested that green tea |
| coordination and balance. | | | | should be in every woman's teacup. |
| Also, limit your alcohol intake when taking | | | | |