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Health Tip: Live Healthier to Help Prevent Osteoporosis
By LadyLively on April 20, 2015
A healthier lifestyle can help ward off osteoporosis, a disease that causes brittle, thin and weak bones.
The American Council on Exercise offers these tips:
- Perform weight-bearing exercises four days per week and strengthening exercises two or three days per week.
- Eat a diet rich in calcium and fiber, and low in fat.
- Get some safe sun exposure to promote vitamin D production.
- Don’t smoke.
Source: HealthDay
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