How do a well-balanced diet and weight-baring exering help keep bones strong?

Answer 1

Maintenance and preservation of bone density. Basically, all the stuff contained within bones. Minerals and nutrients provided by a well-balanced diet together with regular weight bearing exercises preserve bone density (thickness) and helping to prevent osteoporosis and possibly some types of bone fractures.

Answer 2

Weight-bearing exercise is physical activity in which muscles and tendons apply tension to bones, stimulating them to produce more bone tissue. Your own body weight can create this tension, as can equipment such as handheld weights or gym machines. Examples of weight-bearing exercise include:

• Running, jogging, walking
• Weight-lifting or strength-training exercises (such as push-ups)
• Sports that involve running and/or throwing (such as Basketball, tennis, Baseball, volleyball)
• Gymnastics

Weight-bearing exercise is beneficial in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

Answer 3

Diet: A balanced diet provides the calcium that bones need for maintenance and growth, as well as minerals, vitamins and proteins for the blood, which supplies the bones with nutrients.

Exercise:

The body responds to exercise or the lack of it. After sensing the repeated need for weight-bearing strength (through exercise), the body responds by gradually strengthening the bones, making sure they have sufficiently dense structure. Lack of exercise leads to slackening off in this process.

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Could you describe a balanced diet?

Answer 4

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