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.

I give an analogy of crude oil.

We don't put crude oil in our car to make our car go, but we do need it to make gasoline to make our car go.

So this is your crude oil hormone. It's your inert hormone.

You also need free T3, which is your active thyroid hormone.

It's your gasoline.

It's what drives your energy, your metabolism, your mood, your bone health, your digestion.

And then additionally, reverse T3, which acts as an inhibitory hormone.

So that is a full thyroid panel.

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

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