The loss of calcium from the body as we age leads to the fragility of bones in older adults, who are often prone to fractures. A new study published recently in the American Journal of Health Sciences found that middle-aged and older adults can greatly reduce their chances of fractures by eating more fruits and vegetables and coarse grains. Canadian researchers studied more than 3,500 post-menopausal women and about 1,600 men over the age of 50, using a detailed dietary questionnaire to calculate the “nutrient density” scores of the foods they ate, including a nutrient-dense diet rich in vegetables, fruits, coarse grains and legumes. After seven years, a total of 70 men and 372 women had fractures. The study found that if the diet of coarse grains and other foods to provide 40% more energy, 10 years later these women’s risk of fracture reduced by 14%. Researchers said that fruits and vegetables and coarse grains are not the highest calcium content of food, there may be this effect because they are rich in nutrients and lower calories. After the fracture is too busy to make up for the taboos, one should not blindly supplement calcium. Calcium is an important raw material for bones, and some people think that more calcium can accelerate the healing of broken bones after a fracture. But scientific research has found that increasing calcium intake does not accelerate the healing of broken bones, and for patients with long-term bedridden fractures, there is a potential risk of increasing blood calcium, while accompanied by a decrease in blood phosphorus. The second avoid eating more meat and drinking bone soup. Some people think that eating more meat and bones and drinking more bone broth after a fracture can make the fracture heal early. In fact, modern medicine has proven many times that eating meat and bones after a fracture does not lead to early healing, but rather delays the healing time of the fracture.