I-osteoporosis ihlasela impilo yabesifazane abaningi unyaka nonyaka kunomdlavuza webele nowesibeletho kuhlangene. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi kuvame ukunganakwa kuze kube yilapho sekwephuze kakhulu, lapho umuntu ehlushwa ukuphuka okukhulu okushintsha impilo.
Ngenhlanhla, yisifo esingavinjelwa ngokwamukela ifilosofi yokuphila efaka le mithetho elandelayo.
Hlala usebenza Kungumthetho wokuqala wesithupha ukuzivikela ekutholeni kwamathambo. Ukuhola impilo yokuhlala phansi kwandisa ingozi yakho. Okululeka kakhulu imidlalo yokuphakamisa izinsimbi nokuqinisa imisipha (njenge-yoga), noma khumbula ukuxhumana nodokotela wakho ngaphambi kokuqala ukuzivoxavoxa okusha.
Thola imikhuba yokudla enempilo kuyisici esibalulekile ekugcineni amathambo esesimweni esihle isikhathi eside. Qiniseka ukuthi uthola i-calcium eyanele, uvithamini D, amaprotheni anciphile, izithelo, imifino, namafutha anempilo (njengamafutha omnqumo).
Ukubhema nokuphuza akubona abangane bamathambo, ngakho-ke, ukuvimbela i-osteoporosis, kwifilosofi yakho yokuphila ngeke ibe khona indawo kagwayi noma yotshwala. Esimweni sesibili, akudingekile ukuthi ususe ngokuphelele, kodwa uphuze ngokulinganisela.
Uma ungakaze uyilandele le mikhuba noma uzwe ubuhlungu bamathambo, thola manje ukuthi usengozini ngokucela udokotela wakho ukuhlolwa kwamathambo (DEXA). Kuyisivivinyo esisheshayo futhi esingahlaseli esinconyelwe bonke abesifazane be-postmenopausal abanezinto eziyingozi nabo bonke abesifazane abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65 yobudala.