What is it?
A disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break.
Breaks usually occur in the hip, spine and wrist

What causes osteoporosis?
Scientist have not yet learned all the reasons this occurs.
When you are young your body makes new bone faster than it breaks down old bones.
As you get older, this process slows down and you start losing bone density.
The risk for osteoporosis depends on how much bone mass you attained between ages 25 and 35 and how fast you lose it.

Risk Factors
Anorexia nervosa or bulimia
Diet low in calcium
Use of certain medications
Low testosterone levels in men
An inactive lifestyle
Cigarette smoking
Excessive use of alcohol
Being Asian or Caucasian

Bone Health
Bones are living tissue, they provide structural support, protect vital organs and store calcium.
Until age 30, we store and build bone effectively.
As part of the aging process, bones begin to break down faster than they are formed.
Accelerates after menopause. Estrogen is the hormone that protects against bone loss.

Bone Mass Density
The National Osteoporosis Foundation
Recommends you have a BDT if:
You use medications that cause osteoporosis
You have type I diabetes, liver disease, kidney disease or a family history
You experience early menopause
You’re postmenopausal over 50 and have at least one risk factor.
You’re postmenopausal over 65 and never had a test.

Calcium
Is needed for heart muscles, and nerves to function properly.
Inadequate amounts contribute to osteoporosis.
Appropriate calcium intake falls between 1000 and 1300 mg a day

How to get enough Calcium every day!
Follow the Food Guide Pyramid
for Dietary Calcium Sources
Dairy- low fat yogurt, skim milk, cheese, chocolate pudding, ice milk, ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Protein- tofu, sardines, salmon
Vegetables- turnip greens, Bok Choy, Broccoli, collard greens
Other foods: vegetable lasagna, cheese enchilada, cheese pizza, calcium fortified orange juice.

Exercise
Exercising regularly in childhood and adolescence can ensure that you will reach peak bone density.
Need to participate in weight bearing exercise. For example, walking, dancing, jogging, stair climbing, racquet sports and hiking.

Medications
There is no cure, but several medications have been approved.
Each stops or slows bone loss, increases bone density, and reduces fracture risk.
Estrogen Replacement,
Alendronate,raloxitene and risedronate are prescribed to prevent and treat the disease.

Bone-Building Checklist
Maintain a calcium rich diet.
Get plenty of vitamin D
Engage in weight-bearing exercise
Don’t smoke and limit alcohol intake
Consider Hormone Replacement or other medications if you are at risk.

Soft drinks can damage teeth because they contain high sugar levels. Soda can also give the higher risk of osteoporosis in women compared with other soft drinks.

Women are more at risk of osteoporosis or bone loss, especially when she was growing older. Although most of those already known, but they just ignore that consuming soft drinks can accelerate the arrival of a disease.

Phosphoric acid of soda that bring freshness sensationalism or air bubbles can damage the bones. If soft drinks consumed continuously bones will become increasingly brittle and shaped like pores holes.

Instead of making the bones become fragile, soft drink consumption weaken muscles and bones, based on the research results reported in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

Soda consumption more than 2 liters per day can cause levels of potassium in the blood dropped dramatically. If the body had potassium deficiency, the perceived effect is the body felt weak, dizzy and can cause muscle atrophy (not able to lift the load or the motion to be limited).

Researchers suspect potassium levels fall due to the amount of sugar and caffeine content of soft drinks in that makes the kidneys filter more potassium from cells.

Besides causing osteoporosis, consumed soft drinks continuously can also cause other health risks such as diabetes type 2 due to the high sugar content, tooth damage due to acid content of phosphorus and sugar, giving the effect of which contain caffeine such as insomnia, high blood pressure and pulse irregular heart.

Another risk is the cause obesity due calories can reach 225 calories. In each of 1.057 liters of soda contains 225 calories and 39 grams of sugar.