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How exercise can improve your bones

Work out for 18 minutes a day to protect your bones from this known bone blocker.
By Daniel Viola
January 14, 2013
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Working out tones more than just muscles. A new study found that exercising 18 minutes every day can significantly lower sclerostin, a known blocker of bone formation, as well as strengthen S-IGF-1 levels, which have positive bone-building effects.

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