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Can't wait for breaking a hip at 80 to be a thing of the past. Bone health is also a contributor in life expectancy and health of a person altogether. I read a

Can't wait for breaking a hip at 80 to be a thing of the past. Bone health is also a contributor in life expectancy and health of a person altogether. I read a study if you can assure your bones are healthy you can assure your health longterm.

masfuerte 2y ago
Is bone health like grip strength? Grip strength correlates with life expectancy because it is a good proxy for overall health, but if you just work on your grip strength you won't get much healthier.
- ilc 2y ago
  No, because if you break a hip, you lose a ton of mobility, which will cause an avalanche of problems.
- samatman 2y ago
  Not entirely, for a pretty obvious reason: breaking a bone at an advanced age is not infrequently the beginning of the end. Not enough to make it primary (in other words, your point about bone density as a correlate rather than a determinate is basically correct), but enough that improving just bone health on a widespread basis should help with life expectancy as well.
- throwaway2037 2y ago
  What is so special about grip strength? I never heard anything about this before your post.
  - masfuerte 2y ago
    It was a thing in the media a couple of years ago. Researchers noticed a strong correlation between grip strength and healthy life expectancy in the old, so there were lots of pointless articles published about improving your grip strength.
  - tobir 2y ago
    Just from memory, but it has a significant correlation to testosterone levels. Also, the disparity in grip strength is especially large between men and women, when compared to other strength indicators.
- Sparkyte 2y ago
  Try googling this it is kind of interesting. Link between bone density and skin elasticity. You will find that the denser the bones the healthier the skin. We may find people who are 70 looking like they are 50.
  - wizzwizz4 2y ago
    That sounds like they're both correlated with oestrogen levels.
manmal 2y ago
Wasn’t the best contributor to life expectancy vascular & endothelial health?

masfuerte 2y ago

Is bone health like grip strength? Grip strength correlates with life expectancy because it is a good proxy for overall health, but if you just work on your grip strength you won't get much healthier.

ilc 2y ago
No, because if you break a hip, you lose a ton of mobility, which will cause an avalanche of problems.
samatman 2y ago
Not entirely, for a pretty obvious reason: breaking a bone at an advanced age is not infrequently the beginning of the end. Not enough to make it primary (in other words, your point about bone density as a correlate rather than a determinate is basically correct), but enough that improving just bone health on a widespread basis should help with life expectancy as well.
throwaway2037 2y ago
What is so special about grip strength? I never heard anything about this before your post.
- masfuerte 2y ago
  It was a thing in the media a couple of years ago. Researchers noticed a strong correlation between grip strength and healthy life expectancy in the old, so there were lots of pointless articles published about improving your grip strength.
- tobir 2y ago
  Just from memory, but it has a significant correlation to testosterone levels. Also, the disparity in grip strength is especially large between men and women, when compared to other strength indicators.
Sparkyte 2y ago
Try googling this it is kind of interesting. Link between bone density and skin elasticity. You will find that the denser the bones the healthier the skin. We may find people who are 70 looking like they are 50.
- wizzwizz4 2y ago
  That sounds like they're both correlated with oestrogen levels.

manmal 2y ago

Wasn’t the best contributor to life expectancy vascular & endothelial health?