I hear from lots of people every day who are concerned about how their diet is affecting their health.

They need answers based on facts, in other words, from the peer-reviewed medical literature, and that is what I'm here for.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we have the second in a two-part series where I offer some highlights from my

latest book How Not to Age taped in front of a live audience. We pick up our story with tips on

how to keep our vital organs in good working order.

What can we do to protect our bones, boughs, bladder and circulation, our hair, hearing,

and hormone balance, immune function, joint health, our minds

are muscle, sex life and skin, our teeth, vision, and finally, our dignity and death.

Let me just share a few quick pearls.

For example, did you know that 85% of bone-related fracture risk has nothing to do with bone mineral density.

That's just been drilled into our heads by Big Farm and a billion dollar bone density screening industry

fractures are primarily due to falling not osteoporosis.

So it's the age-related muscle loss and an impaired balance that may be breaking most of our bones,

which is good news because there's something we can do about it.

Seven randomized controlled trials, strength and balance training training cut fracture rates nearly in half,

and that's just during the trial

and the five years after this one year study ended,

those who had previously been randomized to the combined strength and balanced group, suffered 74% fewer

fractures.

That's far more effective than osteoprocess drugs like Fosimax that can cause fractures, atypical femur fractures

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