Keeping Your Bones Healthy

14 Facts About Healthy Bones

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.

It seems couterintuitive, but excess weight -- which is bad for your health in many ways -- may actually make bones stronger, though research has been conflicting.

Just as exercise and moving muscle can build stronger bones, your body may respond to extra weight by laying down more bone minerals to support that weight.

There's one problem -- if you gain weight in your belly, this actually boosts your bone-thinning risk

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