Fruit against osteoporosis

A major challenge undertaken by the medicine of the past few years is to find a solution for osteoporosis, ie, the abnormal loss of calcium from bones, a predominantly female problem that is exacerbated after menopause.

Fortunately, encouraging news comes one that involves a mineral with an unsuspected until recently, activity against osteoporosis: boron. This mineral is one of the components necessary for the body to produce female hormones are important in preserving bone mass.

Specialists say that a small dose of boron and is a guarantee of good results, because the body needs only 4 milligrams per day. But most important is that the simplest and most effective way of incorporating this mineral is through food: apples, pears and grapes are foods rich in boron, therefore, good friends of the bones.