Healthy Mind and Healthy Bones

A study published in October through the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research found that people with a strong psychological sense of well-being had higher bone mineral density, particularly in the femoral neck. What is interesting, is that the researchers controlled for physical activity, age, gender, race, education, financial advantage, body weight, and smoking, yet still this association held up. Our sense of well-being affects the hormonal milieu in our body, which in turn can affect every system, apparently including the skeletal system. This is one more way the mind and body are not separate. 

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