One Mineral Strengthens Bones (It’s Not Calcium)
One Mineral Strengthens Bones (It’s Not Calcium)
Each year more than 300,000 seniors are hospitalized with hip fractures. For many of them, it is the start of a downward health spiral that ends in death.
One in five hip fracture patients will die within a year of their injury.[1]
A surprising number of people are at high risk for broken bones. About 40% of Americans over 50 have osteoporosis or low bone mass.[2]
For decades, doctors advised older patients—particularly women—to take calcium supplements to make their bones stronger. But recent studies show that taking calcium has almost no effect on bone density. It doesn’t prevent fractures.