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Are you a female?<\/p>\nAre you a female?<\/p>\n
Have you gone through menopause?<\/p>\n
Are you going through menopause?<\/p>\n
If you answered \u201cyes\u201d to any of these questions, you need to take the time and read this article as one in every two<\/strong> Caucasian women in the US will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture<\/em> in her lifetime.<\/p>\n According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Offices of Women\u2019s Health (HHS-OWH 2017), of the 10 million people in the US with osteoporosis, 8 million are female.<\/p>\n Osteoporosis is defined as: \u00a0a medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue, typically as a result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D.<\/p>\n There are a number of ways to slow down the process of bone loss, but they do require one to be consistent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Information gathered from HHS-OWH (2017) states that weight-bearing physical activity is particularly important in building bone density<\/em> and helping to prevent bone loss<\/em> in women of all ages. I, along with HHS-OWH, recommend a woman perform 30-60 minutes (I feel 45 minutes<\/u> is best!) combined-impact loading programs at least 3 days a week<\/strong>, no more than 5. Combined-impact loading programs can be broken down into 4 categories:<\/p>\n Nutrition<\/strong> is another major factor in building and maintaining bone density<\/u>. The following foods are some of the best at helping prevent and slow down the process of osteoporosis:<\/p>\n Whether you\u2019re a female or not. Whether you\u2019re over 35 or not. It\u2019s important<\/strong> to take care of your overall health and bone health. It is essential<\/strong> to those that play sports or that have physically demanding jobs as we age. Be proactive<\/strong> and start lifting<\/u> and adding<\/u> some of the above foods!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scott Keppel is the owner of\u00a0Scott\u2019s Training Systems<\/a>, a world-class coaching facility in Chandler, Arizona. He is a nationally certified trainer through NASM and ISSA. His mission is to empower women of all ages and fitness levels. For more information head to\u00a0scottstrainingsystems.com<\/a>\u00a0or check him out on Instagram at @stsnation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you a female? Have you gone through menopause? Are you going through menopause? If you answered \u201cyes\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,63],"tags":[798,797,99,715,716,763],"class_list":{"0":"post-7268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"category-workout","9":"tag-bone-density","10":"tag-disease-prevention","11":"tag-nutrition-2","12":"tag-scott-keppel","13":"tag-scotts-training-systems","14":"tag-sts","15":"cs-entry","16":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"\n\n
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