Welcome to the Bone Coach Show dedicated to helping you understand all things related to diet,

lifestyle, bone health, and how you can live and thrive with low bone density and osteoporosis.

I'm your host, Kevin Ellis, certified health coach, health and wellness speaker, and above all else,

your bone coach.

After being diagnosed with osteoporosis in my early 30s, I transform my health

through diet and lifestyle and now help my clients and community members do the same through my online

coaching practice, bonecoach.com. Look, there are no quick and easy cures for low bone density,

but the choices we make every single day can have a powerful impact on our bones, our health, and our

general well-being. I'll share the research, interview the experts, and help you figure out

how to get the conditions right in your body so you can better your bones through diet and

lifestyle. Short disclaimer, I'm not a medical doctor and this show should not be considered

medical advice. Always consult with your

health care team before making medical decisions and changes to your diet and lifestyle. With that

being said, let's get on with the show. We feel low energy. We feel the brain fog. We feel the weight

distribution, right? All of a sudden weight that was on, our booty, you know, goes to our tummy.

And so we're beginning to notice that these, these hormone changes are driving metabolic changes.

And if we don't have a good metabolic foundation heading in to menopause, it can feel like the rug is just pulled from under us. And we start to

see more deregulated blood sugar levels and increased fasting blood sugar. We start to see a fasting

insulin, you know, out of an ideal range. And that lends not only to physiological inflammation,

but also weight that we don't want to hold on to when

energy issues that are leaving us exhausted, frazzled, and brain fogged.

If you haven't done so already, especially if you're newly diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis,

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