Calcium and osteoporosis

Menopause is a condition that many women dread, mostly because they don’t know exactly what to expect. One of the most common symptoms of menopause is osteoporosis. Virtually every woman will have osteoporosis to varying degrees after menopause. The severity will depend on factors like heredity and how much care you took of your body before the onset of menopause. Other factors which may increase your risk of getting osteoporosis include premature menopause, removal of the ovaries and/or uterus before the onset of menopause, smoking and some medications like asthma medicine.
Apart from lifestyle changes, one of the things you can do to limit the rte and amount of bone loss is by using calcium supplements.
Studies have been done on the relationship between calcium and osteoporosis and they have shown that calcium does make a difference in reducing osteoporosis, especially when it is combined with Vitamin D.
Preventing osteoporosis begins even before the onset of menopause. If you build up your bones by eating healthily and getting enough exercise, this makes your bones thicker so that when you eventually reach menopause, bone loss will have less serious consequences.
If you are going through or have already gone through menopause, you can still help yourself:

Take 10000 to 12000mg of a calcium supplement with 400-600 IU of Vitamin D every day.
Do weight-bearing exercise including walking and climbing stairs for 30 minutes about 3 times a week.
Eat a diet that’s low in fat and high in fiber