5 lifestyle changes to help build ageing bones and avoid fractur

If your body weight is supported by a bike or water, you’re going to miss out on the “weight-bearing” advantage of fast walking or running. You don’t have to add weights to the mix; you could work against resistance bands.

Walking is good. Running is better if you’re already a walker; the key is to put more weight on your frame than it’s used to.

Weight-bearing exercise strengthens bones in two ways: it prompts muscle to pull on the bone and it makes the bone react to high-impact force. Both of these actions ...

Good sleep helps to build bones.

While you’re sleeping your body goes into repair mode, replenishing old cells with new ones and boosting your immune system. That means it is also building bone, so make sure you get enough shut-eye, at least seven hours a night.

The microbiome is the new buzzword in good health – that is, looking after our gut’s health flora and fauna.

Eating a gut-friendly, high-fibre diet is obviously good for all-round better health, but one study indicates that taking a probiotic supplement might be especially good for bone hea...