One of the causes of back pain is weak bones, which initially leads to osteopenia & later to osteoporosis.  Osteoporosis is usually detected very late. Some times a lower  back pain or a nagging  upper  back pain reveals that we have osteoporosis. According to international osteoporosis foundation, one in three women & one in every three men in India suffer from osteoporosis. It’s sad because most of these can be prevented by proper nutrition.

The old theory of drinking lots of milk & eating soya daily may not be enough! Americans are known to eat a lot of calcium rich diet, despite this osteoporosis & the resulting back pain is a major health problem there.

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