Mineral-Rich Diet Beats Exercise for Bone Health

Strength training and exercise in general have always been highly recommended for increasing bone mass, or at least helping maintain our strong bones we have as we age. But there could be more to this story. A recent mouse study at the University of Michigan has demonstrated that a mineral-supplemented diet (high in calcium and phosphorous) had an even greater impact on bone density than exercise.

The groups were separated into exercise and non-exercise groups and were fed either a control or a mineral-supplemented diet for 8 weeks, and exercise and detraining groups were fed a control or mineral-supplemented diet for 16 weeks (8 weeks of exercise followed by 8 weeks of detraining)...