Testosterone is a female hormone.

Women have actually 10 times more testosterone than estrogen.

You mentioned testosterone.

Why is testosterone not just for men?

Oh yeah, testosterone is a female hormone.

We have a significant more level of testosterone than estrogen.

When we look at our circulating levels of hormone,

so we're most abundant with progesterone, then DHA,

then testosterone, and then estrogen. And so we think, okay, when we look at graphs,

just emphasizing the important hormones, progester, and estrogen, how they change over time,

we give estrogen a lot more weight.

And it's true, it's important, but really we need to be giving the precursor to estrogen,

and that is testosterone, a lot more weight. And whereas estrogen maintains bone, testosterone builds bone and builds muscle.

And so we can't leave that out in the biodentical hormone replacement therapy equation.

Stress and cortisol levels are often overlooked when we're discussing bone health. Can you share

how chronic stress is impacting our bones? Yeah. So I think the important thing that I learned.

Welcome to the Bone Coach Show dedicated to helping you understand all things related to diet, I think the important thing that I learned.

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.

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