A TASTE OF INNER STRENGTH

As you read this, an army of cells are working on your bones. There are two key regiments: osteoblasts, busy building up the bone, and osteoclasts, which break it down. This perpetual biological process sees you generate a new skeleton every 10 years and ensures that any old, damaged pieces of bone are dismissed or reconstructed, leaving the strongest structure possible. The efficiency with which both forces get on with the task depends on your age. Before you turn 30, osteoblasts set about your skeleton with enthusiasm; after this age, their numbers deplete and the osteoclasts pick up the