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 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 so financial poverty is when you don't have the financial resources to meet

your living needs hormonal poverty is when you don't have the hormonal resources to meet your

body's health needs. When women talk about hormones, we very much think we're talking about

sex hormones first, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and mostly estrogen. Every cell and every

system in your body has receptors for these sex hormones. I actually

like to call them flex hormones because using them is like flexing the most powerful muscle

in your body. They fuel muscle growth. They fuel bone growth. they fuel brain growth, heart health. Everything

in your body depends on these sex hormones as well as all the main metabolic hormones.

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

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