Keeping Your Bones Healthy

It's easy to take bones for granted and ignore them until you break one or are diagnosed with bone-thinning in old age.

In fact, you may not really consider your bones a resource that needs lifelong protection and nurturing.

But guess what? There are a few surprises lurking inside your bones, and youthful habits can even affect bones in old age. Read on to find out more about this living -- yes, they're alive! -- tissue.

Want extra minerals? Check your bones. If you need calcium because you're, say, breast-feeding, the body releases extra from your bones in a process that benefits baby and doesn't hurt mom.

The only problem is that sometimes toxic substances, like lead or mercury, can get lodged in the bone storage unit too. "Bone is a major storage pool for calcium and phosphate, and it stores substances like heavy metals in low levels for long periods of time," Dr. Cosman explains.

However, it is "very unlikely" that what our bones store -- both good and bad -- will at some point come out in large amounts and cause health problems, she says.

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