Eating Healthy For Your Bones
By: Katrina Irwin
Updated: February 19, 2013
Dietitian Beth Smythe joined Katrina Irwin on News 8 at Sunrise Tuesday. She talked about ways to strengthen your bones.
She says look for food rich in calcium.
Dairy foods are best - low fat or fat free milk, yogurt, cheese
Fortified foods - orange juice, cereal, bread, soy milk and tofu
Canned fish with bones - sardines
Dark green leafy vegetables - kale, broccoli, bok choy
It's also important to get a lot of Vitamin d:
Sun light
Dairy foods
Egg yolks
Fatty fish - salmon, tuna, sardines
Move your body with exercise to strengthen bones:
30 - 60 minutes per day
Walk/jog/run
Stair climbing
Dancing
Basketball
Weightlifting
And avoid the following bone breakers:
Too much salt
Too much alcohol
Smoking
Extreme dieting
