RUNNING THE BEST BONE-BOOSTER
RUNNERS are likely to have a stronger skeleton than cyclists according to the authors of a new study presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology.
Previous findings by scientists from Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan said cyclists racing in ultraendurance events suffered chronic bone resorption – where calcium from bone is released into the blood stream, weakening the skeleton. So they set out to discover if the same is true in runners.