Keeping good bone health is very important. It is just as important to build strong healthy bones in childhood to prevent any problems later in life with your bones. To build strong bones you need to get a lot of calcium. By the age of 17 most teen have about 90% of their adult bone mass built. That is why it is important to get a lot of calcium in the younger years.

Your body is always removing and replacing small increments of calcium from your bones. If your body can't replace all the calcium that it took then your bones will become weaker and have more chances of breaking. By getting a lot of calcium when you are younger you won't have to worry about your bones taking to much calcium when your older. After the age of 18 your body stops taking in calcium and the only thing you can do is maintain the supply that is already there.

The best source of calcium you can get is from drinking milk and eating dairy products. A teenager should get 1,300 mg of calcium daily to get there bones to be as strong as they can get. Milk and other dairy products are easy for the body to absorb and vitamin D will also help the body to absorb the calcium. Dark green veggies like broccoli, spinach, and bok choy have a lot of calcium in them too. There is foods that have added calcium to them that are efficient as well. Orange juice, soy beverages, and breakfast foods and cereals can have added calcium and the label on the box will normally say so.

Exercise is another really effective way to strengthen your bones. When you exercise muscles move against your bones and this will make the muscles and bones stronger. It does this because it causes new bone tissue to form. There is also some natural health products that can help build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis. Alternative Health Supplements has many products that can help. One of these is coral calcium.

Osteoporosis makes bones become weaker and brittle. They can become so weak that even the smallest tasks can cause them to break or fracture, even things like bending over, carrying groceries, coughing, or vacuuming. Fractures happen most commonly when you have osteoporosis, normally the hip, spine, or wrist. Osteoporosis normally affects women the most but men can get it too.

Signs that you have osteoporosis are, back pain that can be really bad if you have a fracture in your spine that you don't know about. Loss of height over a long period of time. This can also create a slouched or hunched appearance. Or just fractures in your wrists, hands, hips, spine, or other bones.

Your bones are always changing. Doctors don't understand or know why bone remodeling happens but what it does is creates a process where new bone is made and old bone is broken. It takes about 2 to 3 months for a full cycle of bone remodeling to happen. When you are young your body breaks down and builds new bone faster. In your mid 30's you reach your peak bone mass. Bone remodeling is always happening but it slows down after your peak bone mass you also tend to lose more bone mass then you gain. When estrogen levels decrease in women going throughout menopause this tends to be the leading cause of osteoporosis. It is recommended that you get tested for osteoporosis if you are over the age of 65.