Osteoporosis

Can you help prevent this?

1. Physical exercise especially weightbearing such as walking, jogging, dancing, etc. will help to improve bone density and strength. Look at exercise groups at Christ Church:

Dancing - Monday and Tuesday nights; Line Dancing - Tuesday afternoons; Wapshott Walks - monthly on Sunday afternoons from March - September; Walking for Health Group - Friday mornings (details on Health and Community noticeboard).

2. Eat healthily with foods containing:

Calcium - any dairy products, tofu, muesli, green beans

Vitamin D - sunlight, fish, margarine, eggs

Magnesium - Cocoa, seeds, nuts, cereals, wholemeal flour

Phosphorous - cheese, liver, shellfish, steak, turkey, plain yoghurt, smoked salmon

Zinc - wheat germ, calves liver, meat, shellfish

Protein - all kinds of fish, meat, dairy, eggs, soy, beans and pulses, tofu,quorn