WE NEED SPECIAL CARE IN EVERY AGE
Why is calcium so important for children?
A critical period for bone formation is childhood and puberty. Healthy lifestile, especially healthy diet, adequate and sufficient physical activity and safe stay at the sun are important for our strong and healthy bones. Calcium is an important building block of bones and it is stored in the body mostly during childhood and adolescence…
Why is calcium even more important in adolescence during growth spurt?
Calcium is an important component of bones. The body stores calcium mostly during childhood and adolescence, up until 25-35 years of age. The maximum recorded mineral content in the bones is called PBM – Peak Bone Mass. Subsequently, after 35 years of age, bone degradation predominates over its formation. If our body does not create sufficient calcium storage during young age, we might be prone to a disease caused by calcium deficiency, increased risk of fractures…
Pregnancy
You want the best for yourself and for your baby. There is no doubt about it. Pregnancy, but also breastfeeding are the periods of life with increased demands on women. It is exactly in these periods of time when woman has to think more about her health. Her way of life will not affect only her, but the baby as well. And the baby will cary the foundation from her mother for all its life…
Do you know what is important for you right now?
he current trend of a healthy lifestyle not only contributes to our overall health, but also has a significant impact on our bones. Although heredity plays the considerable role in our health, there are still many factors that we are able to influence. Lack of exercise or excessive excersise, irregular meals, unilateral diet, or diet with calcium deficiency, smoking, excessive drinking of alcohol and caffeinated beverages, all of these actions are harmful for our bones. After 35 year of age, the processes…
Why do women have higher risk of osteoporosis?
Keďže rednutie kostí nebolí, veľa žien, ale aj mužov, na to príde, až keď je neskoro. Príznakom osteoporózy môže byť aj náhla a výrazná bolesť chrbtice v konkrétnom mieste, slabosť či bolesť viacerých kostí, rýchla únava pri chôdzi, výraznejšie zníženie telesnej výšky. Typickým prejavom osteoporózy je aj prehnutie chrbtice do výrazného hrbu, čo je už nezvratný dôsledok tohto ochorenia. Osteoporóza môže vyústiť až do zlomeniny, ktorých liečba býva vo vyššom veku veľmi komplikovaná…
Why you should not forget about your seniors
People older than 65 years have usually multiple health problems connected with older age and they undergo more regular check-ups by medical specialists than they were undergoing in their active age. The number of pills sorted out in the drug-box and ready for use is somehow standard for this period of life. We however should not forget to increase the intake of vitamins and minerals as well, as they are more difficult to be utilized in older age…
