by Teresa Isabel | Mar 20, 2015 | Exercise, Menopause, Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones characterized by brittle and fragile bones. If you suffer from osteoporosis you are more likely to suffer a fracture if you fall. Even a small fall may cause a fracture in someone with osteoporosis which may not have in someone...
by Teresa Isabel | Mar 2, 2015 | Osteoporosis
During menopause you need to think about food for your menopausal bones. Bones aren’t static, they have cells that make bone and cells that dissolve bone. When we are young we make more bone than we lose but around the menopause years bone loss speeds up due to...
by Teresa Isabel | Feb 15, 2015 | Menopause, Osteoporosis
We build our bones in our younger years, up to around age 30, at which point we generally reach a plateau, but in menopause women lose a lot of bone mass due to hormonal changes. After menopause the rate of bone loss decreases. If we didn’t make enough bone in our...
