young people can also suffer from osteoporosis

[News] Did you know that osteoporosis can also be experienced by young people? Reduced bone density or osteoporosis are more experienced older people. But the woman was two or three decades can be affected by osteoporosis, although it rarely happens.

Osteoporosis, which affects young people in general associated with hormonal disorders, nutrition and the influence of drugs consumed long term. "For example, they take medicines such as medication steorid asthma or arthritis medication," said Ilyas dr.Elida, Sp.RM, from FKUI / RSCM Jakarta.

Other factors are also influential is the habit of eating unhealthy food, lack of exercise, smoking, less obesity, and lack of calcium. "People who are not accustomed to drinking milk may also experience bone loss because milk is very rich in calcium," she said.

How to have healthy and strong bones, in addition to implementing a healthy lifestyle, is eating food with balanced nutrition meets the nutritional needs with elements rich in fiber, low fat, and rich in calcium. In Indonesia, the calcium intake is still considered low. Until now, the average calcium intake of Indonesian society is known about 254 mg per day, still far below international standards that suggest calcium intake for adults of 1000-1200 mg per day.

So diligent exercise and drink milk or eat foods that contain lots of calcium so you do not suffer from osteoporosis at a young age.

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reference : health.kompas.com