Professor Belinda Beck

In stock fracture, we don't have all of those other health outcomes measured because we only had a small pot of money.

and time.

But I am measuring blood pressure at the bone clinic because I knew that this is going to be something that was relevant to other body systems.

But given that we do a really comprehensive two and a half hour baseline assessment, if I started measuring all the other things, people would just arc up and say, I've had enough.

I don't want you to...

testing me anymore.

So blood pressure is the little thing that was quick but very important for health.

And we are indeed showing that it is coming down, both systolic and diastolic blood pressure is coming down.

So

Yeah, I would love to be able to show that there is impact on all of these other systems.

To do a study like that, it sounds quite easy, but it would be horribly expensive because the numbers you would need would be very large.

But it would be a great study.

Probably the two things.

Just think about your diet.

It might be worth seeing a dietician, but if you don't have access to one, then there's an enormous amount of information online about

Eat a balanced diet.

Make sure you're getting enough calcium.

Get some vitamin D because if you don't have enough vitamin D, you can't absorb the calcium from your gut.

Eat enough protein.

Don't forget protein.