Interesting Health

Bone Density and health

research suggests that people with higher intakes of silicon tend to have better bone-mineral density. Most people get between 20 and 50 milligrams of silicon per day from their diets. And although beer has a more bioavailable form, it’s also found in certain foods, like bananas.

Your bones need fruits and veggies:  tomato paste, spinach, bananas, dried apricots, and baked potatoes are top sources for two bone-essential minerals — potassium and magnesium — as well as some additional protective nutrients.

studies from the 1990s to 2006 has revealed that people with a history of eating lots of fruits and vegetables have healthier bones than people who skimp on their servings of these important foods.

POTASSIUM
RealAge Optimum (RAO) for men and women:
3,000 milligrams (mg)
Dried apricot halves — 1,510 mg per cup
Tomato paste — 1,340 mg per half cup
Baked potato — 780 mg
Banana — 450 mg

MAGNESIUM
RAO for women: 400 mg a day; for men: at least 333 mg
Soybeans — 80 mg per half cup
Tomato paste — 75 mg per half cup
Cooked spinach — 75 mg per half cup
Oatmeal — 55 mg per cup

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