Fall Prevention Is the Most Important Thing for Preventing Osteoporosis Bone Fractures

Only 15 percent of fractures among older adults may be due to having low bone density. Without a fall, even fragile hips don’t fracture. A combination of resistance exercise to improve lower limb muscle strength and balance training can beat out drugs for preventing osteoporotic bone fractures. What about calcium supplements? See my videos Are Calcium Supplements Safe? () and Are Calcium Supplements Effective? (). What about drinking milk? See my video Is Milk Good for Our Bones? (). For more on how to live your longest, healthiest life, preorder my new book How Not to Age (). (As always, all proceeds I receive from all of my books () are donated to charity.) New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at and someone on the team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: • Subscribe: • Donate: • Podcast : • Books: • Shop: • Facebook: • Twitter: • Instagram: