BRAINS & BRAWN #16
"How to Keep Your Bones Strong"
Muscles use the bones to stabilize themselves. Without bones we would be a puddle of flesh, fat and skin on the floor! And of course we can't forget the tendons.
Muscle and bones are similar to a door and a door frame; a door can only be as strong as the door frame itself.
If you had a pure steel door and a wooden frame, the door can easily be forced in.
However, if you had the same steel door with a steel or cement frame instead of a wooden frame, that same door would be much harder to force open.
Muscles and bones are very similar in the fact that the muscles can only handle as much weight as the bones can. If we try to lift heavy weight but have weak bones, you can almost guarantee a fracture or even a crushed/shattered bone.
Ouch!
Even people with osteoporosis have to be careful since at any time, their bones could break or shatter just from their body weight.
How can we maintain strong bones?
We can keep our bones strong by having a good amount of Calcium and vitamin D in our daily diets. One of the best sources for Calcium is green vegetables. Green leafy vegetables are also known as greens or collard greens.
A good source, and probably the best source for vitamin D is getting a sufficient amount of sunlight. Yes, you heard that correctly. You may be thinking...
Isn't milk good for that?
It's actually an unhealthy choice for getting Calcium and vitamin D. Also, the type of protein found in cows milk has been found to be a determining cause of osteoporosis.
You can get more from collard greens and natural sunlight than drinking from a cow's udder.
The science and nutrition labels can prove the above statement correct.
Calcium is important for making sure your bones are big enough to hold the structure of your body. Think of calcium as a mineral that maintains the size of a bone. It is also responsible for helping other functions in the body such as; growing finger nails.
Vitamin D on the other hand is what helps to harden the bones to reinforce them so they are able to withstand weight. Vitamin D also helps to improve the absorption of calcium through the intestines. It is equally responsible for maintaining the necessary amount of calcium and phosphorous in the blood. Both calcium and phosphorous are also used to strengthen the bones.
Be careful when soaking up the natural vitamin D - take precautions so that you don't get burnt!
See you again in seven days!
Muscle and bones are similar to a door and a door frame; a door can only be as strong as the door frame itself.
If you had a pure steel door and a wooden frame, the door can easily be forced in.
However, if you had the same steel door with a steel or cement frame instead of a wooden frame, that same door would be much harder to force open.
Muscles and bones are very similar in the fact that the muscles can only handle as much weight as the bones can. If we try to lift heavy weight but have weak bones, you can almost guarantee a fracture or even a crushed/shattered bone.
Ouch!
Even people with osteoporosis have to be careful since at any time, their bones could break or shatter just from their body weight.
How can we maintain strong bones?
We can keep our bones strong by having a good amount of Calcium and vitamin D in our daily diets. One of the best sources for Calcium is green vegetables. Green leafy vegetables are also known as greens or collard greens.
A good source, and probably the best source for vitamin D is getting a sufficient amount of sunlight. Yes, you heard that correctly. You may be thinking...
Isn't milk good for that?
It's actually an unhealthy choice for getting Calcium and vitamin D. Also, the type of protein found in cows milk has been found to be a determining cause of osteoporosis.
You can get more from collard greens and natural sunlight than drinking from a cow's udder.
The science and nutrition labels can prove the above statement correct.
Calcium is important for making sure your bones are big enough to hold the structure of your body. Think of calcium as a mineral that maintains the size of a bone. It is also responsible for helping other functions in the body such as; growing finger nails.
Vitamin D on the other hand is what helps to harden the bones to reinforce them so they are able to withstand weight. Vitamin D also helps to improve the absorption of calcium through the intestines. It is equally responsible for maintaining the necessary amount of calcium and phosphorous in the blood. Both calcium and phosphorous are also used to strengthen the bones.
Be careful when soaking up the natural vitamin D - take precautions so that you don't get burnt!
See you again in seven days!
Kindest,
Russ Nagamori
Russ Nagamori
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