According to statistics, China currently has 70 million people suffering from osteoporosis, of which, 40% of women are at risk of osteoporotic fractures, but for the treatment of osteoporosis, many people think that as long as the simple supplementation of calcium everything is fine. The legs cramp from time to time after getting up, up a staircase on the back and leg pain, bending down to pick up things become abnormally difficult …… people have come to these symptoms once they get older, and behind this are osteoporosis at work, according to statistics, China currently has 70 million people suffering from osteoporosis, of which, 40% of women are at risk of osteoporotic fracture. But for the treatment of osteoporosis, many people think that as long as the simple supplementation of calcium everything will be fine, osteoporosis sufferers if only taking calcium and vitamin D, then more calcium will be lost, in the clinic there are more than half of the public calcium supplementation is equal to the treatment of osteoporosis misconceptions.” One in three 50-year-old women suffer from osteoporosis Because early symptoms are not obvious, many middle-aged and elderly people often wait until the time of fracture to find themselves replaced with osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is silently attacking hundreds of millions of middle-aged and elderly people, and the incidence is increasing every year. A report by the International Osteoporosis Foundation shows that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men over the age of 50 may suffer an osteoporotic fracture.” The most obvious danger of osteoporosis is that it leads to fractures in middle-aged and older people, with hip fractures being the main cause, and while fractures are not a big deal for younger people, they are extremely serious for middle-aged and older people. A report by the International Osteoporosis Foundation shows that the mortality rate within one year of hip fracture is 20-24%. The quality of life of patients is significantly reduced: 40% of patients cannot walk independently, 60% of patients still need help one year after hip fracture, and 33% of patients lose their ability to live independently or are admitted to nursing homes after hip fracture. Can calcium supplements and bone broth cure osteoporosis? When the weather gets cooler, Auntie Sun’s calves are always cramping, and she often wakes up in the middle of the night with pain when she’s sleeping, and has to rub her palms together for a while to get over it. “I am lack of calcium, easy to fracture ah!” Feeling the seriousness of the situation, she went to the hospital a few days ago and was diagnosed with osteoporosis and needed to give her bones a calcium supplement. So, she went to the market to buy a lot of pork bones, every day at home to boil soup to drink, “drink a few months of bone soup I will not lack of calcium!” Many middle-aged and elderly people think that osteoporosis is a trivial matter, or simply take calcium tablets or bone broth to prevent and treat osteoporosis, clinically, more than half of the residents have misconceptions about osteoporosis, only choose to treat osteoporosis with simple treatments such as calcium supplementation. Myth 1: Bone broth is a “natural tonic” to prevent osteoporosis? To prevent fractures, we must first treat osteoporosis, so drinking bone broth in the end to treat osteoporosis is not helpful? The answer is almost no! Bone broth is rich in protein and fat, which is beneficial to health, but simply by drinking bone broth can not achieve the purpose of calcium. This is because the calcium content in bone broth is minimal and there is no vitamin D to promote calcium absorption, which means that without the help of vitamin D, drinking it is also a waste. Not only that, if the elderly absorb a lot of fat in bone broth, it will also cause other health problems. Myth 2: Calcium supplementation is equal to treating osteoporosis Since the cause of osteoporosis is due to the loss of bone mass and lack of calcium, is taking calcium tablets on the line? “Some people think that osteoporosis treatment is calcium and vitamin D supplementation, which is actually far from enough and requires medication. Calcium supplementation alone does not improve the pain caused by osteoporosis. Calcium supplementation is like painting the wall, its role is equivalent to basic maintenance, can not fundamentally improve the loss of bone mass and pain and other symptoms, but also need to take drugs to inhibit bone resorption and drugs to promote bone formation. In addition, patients with osteoporosis should be reminded that excessive calcium supplementation can also cause osteoporosis and may interfere with the absorption and utilization of other trace elements in the body, and may also lead to hypercalcemia, soft tissue calcification, kidney stones, constipation, and even increase the risk of heart attack and prostate cancer. It is too late to wait for fractures to be treated, and middle-aged and elderly people should take precautions in advance. It is often said that “people’s bones are brittle in old age”. People always think that osteoporosis is bound to happen when they get older. Although osteoporosis is more common in the elderly, but as long as attention to prevention, 80 years old may not necessarily suffer from osteoporosis. However, most people do not pay enough attention to the dangers of osteoporosis. Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, first of all, the middle-aged and elderly need to do a good job of screening, especially postmenopausal women, due to the rapid decline of estrogen is very easy to induce osteoporosis, it is best to do a bone density test once a year, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is currently the internationally recognized bone density examination method, its measurement value is the gold standard for clinical doctors to diagnose osteoporosis. Next, change bad habits, avoid smoking, drinking alcohol and eating excessive caffeine. Smoking, alcohol, strong tea and coffee can increase the risk of osteoporosis. Walking for at least half an hour a day is required. Long-term exercise can also stimulate bone formation and increase bone mass. For elderly people with age-related osteoarthritis and senior citizens, appropriate exercise should be chosen under the guidance of a doctor to prevent falls or joint damage.