Walk Your Way to Stronger Bones

One in two UK women over 50 will fracture a bone, mainly as a result of osteoporisis, but this bone loss condition also effects younger people. Make your bones as strong as possible by doing weight bearing exercises like jogging and walking and resistance exercises like weight training. Eat bone friendly foods like milk, cheese, fruit, vegetables and oil fish, and expose your skin to 15 minutes of sun daily to boost your Vitamin D levels. Scientists have finally found out that fish oil can ease the pain from osteoarthritis after a 2 year study. It showed that even if you took a really low dose of fish oil, if can reduce the pain and inflammation caused by osteoporosis. They say even jumping off the bottom step of your stairs can be beneficial.