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Calcium definitely makes sense and is proven. Don't forget vitamin D. It's not completely uncontested but there is now a lot of evidence which suggests it is beneficial for your bones, possibly because it helps the body process calcium.
At this time of year in Britain it's easy to have an vitamin D deficiency, and it's important for your immune system anyway, so you might as well take it anyway.
Get the capsules with the vitamin D inside, not the white tablets. I don't generally believe in food supplements but my GP diagnosed me with a vitamin D deficiency.
Personally, I wouldn't up your calorie intake. You'll be doing less exercise so surely if you do that you'll just gain weight. I gained more than I wanted to when I broke my elbow without increasing the amount of calories I was eating.
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Has anyone any tips for aiding broken bone recovery?
I've read up a bit and most places encourage upping your calcium, zinc and protein intake. Normally I would try and get all my nutrition through food rather than supplements but in this case
I'm thinking zinc and calcium supplements wouldn't do any harm.
I've also read you can use up to 6,000 calories mending a broken bone so I wondering should I be upping my daily calories? As I'm not training I'm a little wary of this.