You could be losing bone right now and never know it. No pain, no symptoms, no warning... until the day you fracture something and your whole life changes.*
In this episode, I'm getting personal about a topic that's close to home for me: bone health. Two generations of women in my family didn't find out their bones were weakening until it was already happening. My mom's diagnosis age, 50, is 4 years from where I am right now. That's a countdown I'm not willing to ignore.
You'll learn:
- Why osteopenia affects more than half of women over 50, and why so many don't find out until it's already progressed
- Why bone loss accelerates so sharply after menopause, with women able to lose up to 20% of bone density in the first 5 to 7 years alone
- Why an estimated 1 in 2 women over 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis, compared to 1 in 4 men
- What losing even 10% of your bone mass really means for your fracture risk
- Why this is about more than a broken bone, it's about protecting your independence for decades to come
- What you can start doing right now: training, protein, vitamin D, and screening
- Why I recently started an estrogen patch, and how bone health factored into that decision
This isn't about fear. It's about knowing what's happening in your body so you can do something about it before you're the one getting the diagnosis.
In a couple weeks, I'm sitting down with the founder of DexaPlus and dexascan.com to go even deeper on screening tools and what they mean for women in perimenopause and menopause. And I'll be getting my own DEXA scan on 9/16, so stay tuned, I'm bringing you along for that too.
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*This episode is for educational purposes only and isn't medical advice. Bone health, hormone therapy, and screening decisions are personal and should be made with your own doctor, based on your own history and risk factors. Please talk to your provider before making any changes.
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