According to the nutritionist from the Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (Faculty of medicine) dr. Fiastuti Witjaksono, Sp.GK, on the night of osteoclasts or cells of the bone crusher does not work.
"At night we also do not much activity so that optimal absorption of calcium milk," he said
Bone is living tissue that grows when active so young and have the ability to repair when damaged or broken. This repair process occurs in the bone surface simultaneously. This special bone cells called osteoclasts that reabsorsi bones have been older, the nosteoblasts to replace it with a new one.
After menopause, osteoclasts still absorb and destroy the collagenin bone mineral. However, the osteoblasts become slow work because of lack of estrogen. That's why women at menopause prone to suffer from osteoporosis.
According Fiastuti, vitamin D and calcium should be satisfied sincea young age because of bone density reaches its peak at age 30.
"Bone density decreased with age. At the age of 30 years the speed of the process of bone destruction is greater than the speed of the process of bone loss," he explained.
Source: health.kompas.com
