You can reduce your risks for bone loss (osteoporosis) by
staying with your diabetes management program. When you follow a
nutritionally balanced meal plan and a regular exercise program,
you are not only keeping your blood glucose levels in good
control, you are also keeping your bones strong and healthy.
Strong, healthy bones are more resistant to the development of
osteoporosis. Osteoporosis affects about half of all American
women over age 45, and 90 percent of women over age 75. If you
are a man, your male hormones protect you to some degree, but
you are still at some risk. As many as 25 percent of elderly men
are affected by osteoporosis. Unfortunately, osteoporosis has no
warning signs. Usually the first clue to the development of
osteoporosis is when an elderly person shatters a hip bone after
a seemingly minor fall. According to the experts, approximately
one-third of all women and one-sixth of all men will suffer a
hip fracture by the time they reach the age of 90. That's only
one kind of fracture t