When we start losing our hormones, we start to lose bone.

I'm going to talk about estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.

These are the ones that scare women, and the narrow view of that is that they're only good for reproduction,

and that is furthest from the truth.

And certain periods in a woman's life, the four piece, puberty,

postpartum, perimenopause, and postmenopause. And bone loss can happen early in puberty. It can

happen in perimenopause and it can happen in postmenopause. People only start to think about

their bone when they hit menopause. People only start to think about their bone when they hit metapause,

but when a hormone is out of balance, you need to replace the hormone that's too low. I do think

that people have a very, very limited view of what hormones are and what hormone replacement therapy

does. They think either it's not for them or it's dangerous.

But these are extraordinarily important for bones.

I've been doing this for 40 years, right?

And I was absolutely incensed when I sent one of my patients to a bone specialist.

And he brushed her off and said, hormones don't work. Oh my God, there's so

much evidence here. There's study after study after study. And what is the evidence that supports

the use of hormone replacement therapy for the treatment of osteoporosis? The study support that there's

Welcome to the Boneco 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,

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