Preventative wisdom dictates that you drink milk as you’re growing up and lead an active lifestyle to ward off osteoporosis. Growing kids and teens are bombarded with advertising messages promoting adequate calcium consumption, and similarly, post-menopausal women and senior citizens must face the facts of osteoporosis. What about the decades in between?
Now, scientists and health experts are promoting other types of preventative medicine that can be practiced throughout the mid-life years.